Ken, yes,
I spent my childhood in that rubble -- or in that slow-motion mine collapse.
(I talk about it in a couple of interviews, including the one at Jacket.)
We all grew up there, I guess, in one way or another, given the long fingers
of international stupidity.
This morning especially I keep remembering that "nobody ever went broke
underestimating the intelligence of the American people" (inexact quote,
attributed to Mencken).
Sorry about the mercilessness! Can't take prisoners in this poetry business,
you know.
Cheers, I guess,
Rachel
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Ken Wolman
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 7:44 AM
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> Subject: Re: Hef & "Miss October" at Washington Post
>
> Rachel Loden wrote:
> > If you're so inclined, please check out my mini-essay on Hugh Hefner and
> > "Miss October" in the Washington Post's "Poet's Choice" series:
> >
> >
> >
> >
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/shortstack/2010/01/poets_choice_rachel_lode
> > ns_mis.html
> >
>
> On some mail clients you may not get the whole URL--I use Thunderbird
> and had to go to the Post's website and type Loden. Up came the article.
>
> I did not know, to paraphrase the Godfather repetition, that the Nixon
> theme was not just business, it was also personal. Yeah...Dickie left a
> lot of rubble in his wake. Helen Gahagen Douglas was only Victim #1.
>
> "Miss October" is terribly sad and wilted. Merciless? It's rather like
> French-kissing a block of dry ice.
>
> ken
>
> --
> ----------------------------
> Ken Wolman
>
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