Sharon, Ith, and some others have set up a mailing list for people who like to discuss literature without the fear of a sneering and snotty accusation of racism/capitalism/westernism/whathaveyou. Non-Leftist Literati, I guess you might call them.
If you think that sounds like you, well... go check it out.
I've run into discussion groups about literature that left me repelled by postmodernism and a general haughty anti-Americanism myself, so I understand what they're all about, even if part of me quivers a bit at the thought of having to segregate yourself just so you don't have to apologize for your view of the world. Goodness knows, if the novel I'm working on now ever sees the light of day, some people are going to be mighty offended by it.
Good luck with your group, ladies.
Thank you Dean!!!
Phht you people trying to run your own little segregated literature group are just racist, capitalist, westernist whathaveyous.
Hey Dean,
Is that the novel "Real Men Bake" we've been waiting for?
This blog and all Western literature oppresses wymyn ynd pyyple yf cylyr. Dean's World (imperialist hegemony) also discriminates against blynd pyyple because it's not in Braille on the screen.
Well, it's too bad the literary types where you are are like that. In the group I belong to, about 40% are left of center and 30% are right of center. One of the guys just finished a book critical of the Vietnam protesters. (Those guys were far more extreme than the anti-Iraq war protesters; classic example of how the political extremes are far closer to each other than either is to the moderates on their own side) It was a good read.
If writing is so bland as to offend no one, there's no point in reading it.
Allison, I am reminded of an old observation I ran across some time ago. Those who seek to offend none usually end up offending all.
'Sides, some folk need offending.
And lets start by offending Tim. Someone should write a novel about ELM (eel liberation movement)
I'll side with the villain, Tim the Evil Eel Oppressor.
You guys crack me up!
Whoa, hey now guys. Let's all remember our relativist motto: "if he isn't hurting anyone, it's none of our business."
Maybe eels like Tim. Maybe he reminds them of a long-lost cousin, or something.
Well, parts of him, anyway. {chuckle}
If it's the part I'm thinking of wouldn't he be more popular with vermicelli? (Not the pasta.)