Finnegan,
This thread seems very unfair to Sheila E. Murphy. I'm _not_ against
negative criticism. But there has to be some foundation in the text. You
haven't a single word to say, good or bad, _about_ any of the text. This
might have been an interesting general argument. But you singled out a
particular writer, then moved into zones like "author's neediness" and
"wastebasket" as a valuable instrument without quoting a syllable from the
named author. And a line like " I don't know that this is case, in this
case." doesn't magically make what you're saying objective. I object.
best
Randolph
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