Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Bukowski

From: Robert Elkin ( rictusaporia@yahoo.com)
Date: 07 Jan 2007


Kevin-- So an interesting are for exploration for you, it would seem, would be intersections between writerly mystiques & writerly texts? Or am I being too analytical, here? (Or too personal? Forgive me if so, twas not my intent.) Best, Rob

--- Kevin Burton Smith
< kvnsmith@thrillingdetective.com> wrote:

>
> On Jan 6, 2007, at 6:24 AM,
> rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
> > You took my statement exactly at the opposite of
> its meaning.
>
> Ooops, sorry. It wasn't that clear to me.
>
> > I underlined "he was a real author", just
> because of the
> > qualities of his writings that are real.
>
> But I still don't know what you mean by "real"
> writing. Truthful?
> Realistic? Existent?
>
> > I underlined this because his life could lead to
> think it was the
> > only alibi for a certain appraisal among critics
> and readers.
> >
> > Your kind of demo was pure tautology
>
> Tautology? Demo? Gee, could someone tell me if I've
> just been dissed
> or not?
>
> But my point still stands. It's what's on the page
> that counts, not
> how it got there. Or the intentions -- artistic or
> otherwise -- of
> the writer. Glad you apparently agree with me.
>
>
> Kevin
>
>

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