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Comment on Dwelling by Richard Makin by Crime Fiction 101 & Much More | Red Weather Review

Crime Fiction 101 & Much More | Red Weather Review — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:52:39 +0000

[...] “A meditation on the activity of habitation.” A review of Richard Makin’s huge experimental novel dwelling. Here. [...]

Comment on ‘Writ in Water’ – Shelley, Byron, Keats and the Italian Sea by Byron: She Walks in Beauty « [insert text here]

Byron: She Walks in Beauty « [insert text here] — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:27:27 +0000

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Comment on Story of a Secret State by Jan Karski by Paul GG

Paul GG — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:23:59 +0000

I found your well written review after searching for Karski’s book. Which I learned about after reading this account of a poor soul who was sent to Belzec in Nazi Germany. Anyone interested in Jan’s book should read this: (scroll down to the section titled “Belzec”

http://www.aish.com/ho/o/70446272.html

Comment on The Plan by Supriya

Supriya — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:07:08 +0000

I love this! :*

Comment on The Plan by Akhil

Akhil — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:08:57 +0000

Excellent

Comment on Story of a Secret State by Jan Karski by Kinga

Kinga — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:44:53 +0000

Excellent review!!

Comment on ‘Political all the way down’: Keston Sutherland on poetics, politics and community by Jon

Jon — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:15:46 +0000

“I would hope we haven’t got to the point where we regard the conversation of intelligent people as jargonized.”

The conversation of intelligent people – particular in a certain field – is bound to be at least partially jargonised. I would hope we haven’t got to the point where those conversant in certain modes of critical thinking and interaction forget the privileges that have allowed them access to that world.

Comment on ‘Political all the way down’: Keston Sutherland on poetics, politics and community by Jon

Jon — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:13:12 +0000

You defend each instance, but it’s the cumulative effect that’s wearying – how extreme everything has to be. I don’t necessarily blame Sutherland, but it affects the tone of the article, and unfortunately also seems to reflect on him, making him come across rather cult-leader-ish.

And while I don’t think it’s ‘odd’ to fire effusive praise in the direction of Mozart and Pound, that doesn’t make the statements anything more than assertions – and bland assertions at that.

There was a quote by Orwell or Eliot or someone that I came across recently that took aim at this practice of just saying something was ‘great’ in increasingly contorted ways. I can’t remember it or track it down right now, and it was in the context of literary reviews rather than general writing, but the point holds here. All the language I highlighted is just strained variations on a five star rating. It signals strong approval, but doesn’t say anything much else.

Why not tell the reader something insightful and real about the subject in question – whether it’s Mozart, Keats or Sutherland – and leave them to make up their own mind as to its value?

Comment on Pop Fiction: Stories Inspired by Songs, edited by Daniel Lewis by words and music « daaanlewis

words and music « daaanlewis — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:02:20 +0000

[...] he’s been mentioned in a tune by his favourite band results in the return of unwanted memories. One reviewer called it “an ingeniously post-Modernist spin on song interpretation itself”, and I feel it [...]

Comment on Pop Fiction: Stories Inspired by Songs, edited by Daniel Lewis by Daniel Lewis reveals his passion for Words and Music « the long and the short of it

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