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On 11 September 2017 at 23:13, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Well, I'm shocked, Patrick, as an old leftie too. I have liked seeing the
> world through Larkin's jaundiced eyes but I didn't realise the apparent
> corollary of that sort of jaundice. Lawrence, are you an Ezra P man at all?
>
> Bill
>
> On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 at 5:38 am, Patrick McManus <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > L am proud to be old leftie! still care etc cheers P
> >
> >
> > On 11/09/2017 19:21, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> > > well, yes
> > > though I wouldn't quite put it like that
> > >
> > > classifying oneself as an old leftie is almost apologetic to my ear
> > >
> > > I don't require artists to hold views akin to mine to admire them as
> > artists
> > > but it seems to me that his views are ignorant and wrong-headed AND
> there
> > > is nothing much admirable about his poetry as poetry
> > >
> > > L
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11 September 2017 at 18:59, Patrick McManus <
> > > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> oldster was meant to be me -thanks for reply I think it difficult for
> me
> > >> old leftie to stomach his repulsive side
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 11/09/2017 18:49, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> which oldster is that? you or him?
> > >>> *
> > >>> I have never had much time for Mr Larkin...
> > >>> If other people find him of quality, fine; but I have yet to be
> > convinced
> > >>> of it
> > >>>
> > >>> and what he is saying can be repulsive
> > >>>
> > >>> the final sentence of this article sums it up for me
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> L
> > >>>
> > >>> On 11 September 2017 at 17:18, Patrick McManus <
> > >>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> http://socialistreview.org.uk/427/philip-larkin-racist-
> bigot-and-poet
> > >>>> any comments for this oldster ?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> >
>
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