This Week in Google Alerts: Home Fires

Matthew Knight · 10 Apr 2012, 15:27 · from 2012-April.txt.gz

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From: jacobeiserman at gmail.com (Matthew Knight)
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:27:06 -0500
Subject: (urth) This Week in Google Alerts: Home Fires
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On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> This reactive "everything must be sound and free from all
> stereotyping/common fears relating to a belief system so that no one may be
> offended" makes for some bland, boring, and uninteresting fiction.


That's not my position, at least--as I said earlier, I think Wolfe is a
good enough writer that you don't need to agree with his political leanings
(which are generally understated, and much more complex than bald
conservatism) to appreciate him.  But while I often come across statements
that disagree with me almost on a visceral level in my reading, this is the
first time in a while that it's happened with a writer that I love and
respect as much as Wolfe.  And when it's something like this, which
connects with my daily life, it is hard to bracket myself out of the
equation.  I doubt I'm the only one in this position.  Whatever...I'm still
enjoying the book.
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