[lit-ideas] Re: Not Another Coyote
- From: Julie C <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:04:10 -0500
I did that too, Veronica. Seems lots of people did -- websites down, busy
lines on phones, etc. Who knows if it helps anything, but it made me feel
better.
Julie Krueger
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Veronica Caley <molleo1@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Having just left a message for one of our numerous, idiotic Congressmen,
> this was just what my spirit needed. A truly good laugh. Thank you
> Donal.
>
> Veronica Caley
> Milford, MI
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> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Not Another Coyote
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> Though perhaps dwarfed by world events, may the fact that the winner was a
> University Professor, and thus had an unfair advantage in being steeped in
> bad prose, not go unnoticed:
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/**arts-entertainment/books/news/**
> terrible-prose-wins-literary-**prize-2326215.html<http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/terrible-prose-wins-literary-prize-2326215.html>
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> That winner was good but, unlike the impressed comment-poster, thought the
> purple prose winner was clumsily-written (too obvious, painting-by-numbers
> way) with a too predictable pay-off, and not that amusing.
>
> Compare this literary "copper-smelling" genius:-
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=6pQXGId_Oe4&has_verified=1<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pQXGId_Oe4&has_verified=1>
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> Presumably there is a poetry equivalent, which may save us bothering to
> pick up the Bad Poetry Competition thread in years to come?
>
> D
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