I love both the Baraka and Cope poems. Utter successes judging from the
email. Cope's success is particular satisfying because she has
antagonized individuals who consider themselves beyond the very
criticisms leveled in the poem. Carlo Parcelli
Frederick Pollack wrote:
>
> The Baraka poem is a piece of fascist propaganda. If a similar poem were
> written against blacks by a white racist none of you would tolerate it
> for a second and nobody but racists would publish it. I'm sure this
> posting will get all sorts of smarmy, supersubtle,
> sophisticated-poststructuralist, white-guilt-ridden, politically correct
> responses to the effect that the word "fascism" cannot apply to a
> victimized minority or that a poet from such a minority cannot be
> fascist. Unfortunately, it can and he or she can. More generally,
> political correctness - I trust you Aussies know the expression - is the
> death of thought, and I spit on it. There should be a limit to anomic
> multiculturalist nihilism masquerading as tolerance.
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Hi Randolph,
>pseudo-objective justifications <
Here, I can be as pseudo as the next man!
>the forced invisibility <
This is what I mean by conservative -- although I'm curious to
know what you mean by 'forced'. Looks like I'm wearing the
fuckwit hat tonight, since I've never heard of any of these names
you mention . . . although Tony Lopez rings a bell . . . .
Speaking of which, has anyone on this list kept abreast of what
Martyn Crucyfix (sp?) is doing? I have a vivid memory of reading
a poem of his somewhere many years ago, which I thought was
great, but I've never noticed anything by him on the shelf . . . .
has he ever put out a first volume?
Andy -- eagerly awaiting the next skelp
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