--- Graham Powell <
bleekerbooks@hotmail.com> wrote:
> If I'm not mistaken the message is THE ENTIRE
reason
> he started writing in
> the first place. According to what he's said,
he's
> basically using the
> Burke books as propaganda; they're only useful
to
> him if they succeed on
> that level, regardless of their literary
merits.
Well, they're not working in my case. I enjoyed FLOOD, and
certainly received the meta-message, but I didn't find him
particularly persuasive. I'm supposed to adopt the world-view
of this paranoid loner? Not likely.
On the other hand, I didn't find Vachss particularly preachy,
either. The message is certainly there, but I didn't feel
like he was dumping it over my head. Is FLOOD one of his less
preachy books, or am I just insensitive to this kind of
thing?
G.
===== George C. Upper III, Editor The Lightning Bell Poetry
Journal http://www.lightningbell.org/
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