Wolfe Walks - my rant

Josh Geller · 26 Jul 2003, 12:22 · from urth-v0307.mbox · original

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From: Josh Geller <brunians at brunians.org>
Subject: Re: (urth) Wolfe Walks - my rant
Date: 26 Jul 2003 05:22:31 -0700
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What I was wondering was how much I'd pay for a week in a writing class=20
with Gene Wolfe.

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On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 03:35, Chris wrote:
> None of us could be happy to hear this. But, at the least, we can try to =
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> as understanding as Wolfe himself, who was there and has more reason to b=
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> offended than anyone (to understate).
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> Mostly I am interested (and impressed) by the authors he chose to praise =
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> the workshop. In time we'll hear from everyone their merits and faults, b=
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> right now we have the chance to find and read them and decide for ourselv=
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> ahead of popular opinion. I suggest we take advantage of the opportunity =
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> grab hold of (and discuss) these stories before they are chewed up and sp=
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> out by other reviewers.
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> As soon as we find out where to find them, anyway.
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> - Civet
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> >That is utterly unbelievable.  What a pathetic lot of juvenile, ungratef=
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> >UNKNOWING, clueless idiots.  I don't even know where to start.  How abou=
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> >why  bother to take a writing workshop if you can't take honest criticis=
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> >It pains me, pains me deeply to read that Mr. Wolfe was treated that way=
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> >He is a writer of the first caliber, a truly unknown legend.  Those hack=
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> >should be grateful he even bothered to read their most likely unreadable=20
> >tripe.  Personally, I don't have much use for writing workshops.  I thin=
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> >writing is far too individual an art and the workshops are full of whiny=20
> >idiots like these.  I'll end this now with my paraphrase of Bukowski- =20
> >Where is something interesting to read?   Wait.  Don't tell me.  I know.=20
> >You wrote it.
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> >Sadly true
> >Don
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