Yes, I think it's important to send copies of this to every USA book
reviewer (in all media, including newspapers) and ask them to stand up in
opposition to this. (Of course, this kind of poison moves abroad as well, a
virus it is.)
Is it not ironic that - in many Middle-Eastern countries, there has long
been a tradition banishing, killing and imprisoning poets who have dared
speak out against their Governments?
Thought just crossed my mind that the words Swastika and America do have an
unfortunate rhyme do them. Time to do everything possible to eliminate the
further potential for this association in the bud, I'd say
Stephen V
Blog: http://stephenvincent.durationpress.com
> This is extremely disturbing - take note, poets -
>
> Best
>
> A
>
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> From: Michael Kelleher <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 19:43:06 -0500
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Campus Watch Attacks Poet
>
> Dear Poets,
>
> Campus Watch, the right wing hate site devoted to destroying the reputations
> and careers of left-leaning professors, specifically those in Middle Eastern
> Studies Departments, has attacked one of our own: poet, translator and
> scholar Ammiel Alcalay. Unique to this particular piece is the fact that
> they attack him at least as much for his poetry as they do for his views on
> Israeli-American-Arab geopolitical relations. In effect, this is an attack
> on the right of poets to speak politically in the public sphere. Other poets
> mentioned as suspicious in the article include Anne Waldman, Joseph Safdie,
> Amiri Baraka, Marylin Hacker, Alicia Ostriker, and Tom Paulin.
>
> As you will see, the article also includes an exhaustive list of Ammiel's
> institutional affiliations. The purpose of this is to scare institutions
> away from associating themselves with those who speak out against American
> and/or Israeli foreign policy. Poets should speak out against these vicious
> attacks and should implore the institutions mentioned in the article -- City
> University of New York, St. Mark's Poetry Project, Beyond Barque, Cornell
> University, Duke University, and others -- to publicly support Prof. Alcalay
> before this escalates into another Amiri Baraka or Ward Churchill type
> affair.
>
> Here's the link:
>
> http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/1706
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mike Kelleher
>
> __________________________
> Michael Kelleher
> Artistic Director
> Just Buffalo Literary Center
> 2495 Main St., Ste. 512
> Buffalo, NY 14214
> 716.832.5400
> http://www.justbuffalo.org
>
>
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