If nothing else, this provides incentive/motivation to write
> > Wouldn't it have been more disturbing if no poet had
> > ever made their list?
>
>Not really. But it's a very bad sign, and it's not harmless. I've been
>following these guys; last year they ran a scurrilous campaign against Dr
>Joseph Massad, a respected academic of Middle Eastern studies at Columbia -
>check out -
>
>http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20021125&c=1&s=mcneil
>
>http://www.petitiononline.com/jmassad/petition.html
>
>There's a continuing series of articles in the LRB which also follows this
>question of academic/intellectual freedom in the US, and what's happening
>to
>it - depressing reading -
>
>All the best
>
>A
>
>Alison Croggon
>
>Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
>Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
>Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
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