Correction Candice - I am a West Midlands Englishman living in the East
Midlands.
And as where I live is now a marker of what cultures I can speak about am I
to take it that from henceforth you are going to restrict your remarks to
matters of North Carolina culture?
I am planning an interesting series of notes on the avant-garde in
Ashby-de-la-Zouche, as well as what's on in Derby, I have special allowance
from the county authorities for my transgression of boundaries on that, and,
a note of controversy here, bee-keeping as a paradigm of poetic form, an
introduction to the philosophy of Alfred Grudgings, of Ratby, Leics.
And that's my last word on this matter too.
david
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Subject: Re: Wales and Welsh Writing
> Hi, Liz--in fairness to Matthew, we should remember that he made a
> couple of appeals for any Welsh listees to come forward and speak
> with the authority and expertise that he himself lacked (as he also
> repeatedly acknowledged), since he's neither Welsh nor, by living
> and working in Wales, in the position of an East Midlands Englishman
> to evaluate and pronounce authoritatively upon Welsh culture. I'd be
> inclined to credit him for his valiant efforts to counter the dubious
> ethnocultural claims being made about his adopted country--and for
> the good sense to seek some expert opinions from his colleagues in
> Wales and to share them with us. I certainly found Chris Meredith's
> post very interesting and informative, just as I did David Kennedy's
> thoughtful review, in which he teased out an ambivalence of sorts
> among Welsh poets toward their culture. Unless Matthew misquoted
> either of the Davids, which no one has suggested he did, then there
> wouldn't seem to have been any misrepresentation--so I can't see
> anything wrong myself with his handling of the Matter of Wales.
>
> Candice
>
>
>
> >Matthew
> >I understand and applaud the desire to get a Welsh perspective on Welsh
> >writing. Very right and proper, though I wonder if it is a good idea to
> >bring others into a dialogue when they don't know it's spirit and havent
> >followed what has been said?
> >Put into a new context words that were meant as exploration and response
> >can change their hue.......
> >Liz
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