My favorite Washington, D. C. quote, from John F. Kennedy: "A
city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm."
Graham
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>From: "Duane Spurlock" <
duane@emazing.com>
>Reply-To:
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>Subject: RARA-AVIS: RE: Pelecanos interview at The
Onion
>Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:09:38 -0400
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> William Denton <
buff@pobox.com> wrote:
>
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>The Onion's A.V. Club has a new interview with Mr.
Pelecanos:
>
>
http://www.theonionavclub.com/avclub3733/bonusfeature1_3733.html
> >>
>
>This is a nicely done, concise interview that hits
the high points. I've
>seen longer interviews that meandered and covered
less worthwhile
>territory.
>
>Is Mr. Pelecanos still a member of this mailing
list?
>
>I liked this statement: "None of that 'we don't have
any racial problems
>here' attitude that you get, say, up north." Unlike
the talking heads and
>politicians we frequently see on TV, we finally see
someone -- a DC
>native -- who clearly states that Washington is a
southern city. Usually
>the
>attitude that's suggested about Washington by the
media is that it's
>neither
>southern nor northern, that it sort of exists
separate from such
>distinctions because it is the capitol of the
country. But the real city is
>a southern town. Yet it has all these northern
elements -- the great
>immigrant population, for example, which we popularly
associate with
>northern cities -- and lots of power brokering. These
two elements are
>certainly as big a part of the U.S. South as the
North these days.
>
>Still, the way all these disparate -- and sometimes
desperate -- elements
>come together in DC are part of what makes Mr.
Pelecanos' books work so
>well.
>-- Duane
>
>
>
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