I MEANT JOE SORRY JON/JOE john doe On 01/08/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Joanna I have one, Yvonne Vera's "Butterfly Burning". I've been > waiting for some category to place that turdy book into. though note I > say "turdy", not "a turd", hence there are SOME miniminimal > positivities in the thing. symbolism tickles m'fancy, even when it's > so obvious & self-righteous that I retch a little like a robin with a > caterpillar he wanted to be a worm oh shit Jon's stream of > superconsciousness has affected me temporarily rarely readily verily > end > > KS > > On 01/08/07, Joanna Boulter <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > What about that other category, of people one has been reverse-influenced > > by? I mean the people one has to read for one reason or another, but learns > > from by deciding not to write like that. > > > > Many of them aren't particularly famous (and just as well), but you can > > think Jeez, I wouldn't be seen dead putting my name to *that*, and go on to > > work out why not. > > > > joanna > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Peter Cudmore" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:31 PM > > Subject: Re: PS Re: influential books > > > > > > > And then there are the folks one wishes had influenced people you'd rather > > > not have been influenced by... > > > > > > P > > > > > >> > > >> Another category: folks one wishes one had been influenced by. > > >> > > > > > >