[lit-ideas] Re: Song of Myself
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 21:59:15 -0400
You sound civilized. I always wanted to read Wuthering Heights, started it
once and didn't get very far even though I liked it. Thought it was kind of
violent in a violence in the fabric of the society kind of way. I did read
Jane Eyre. I didn't know they used pseudonyms. Pseudonyms only work for real
life literary types. On this list they'll tar and feather you for it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jack Spratt
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 9/3/2006 9:48:40 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Song of Myself
Andy,
I am not the chauvinist in this home, Kurtz is. Could I get out of the doghouse
if I mention the Bronte sisters and Mata Hari (H21)? Three in one family and
one with consecutive pseudonyms, a more intriguing group than the men I would
say.
I can only deny your idea of denial. Hopefully you do not take it in a negative
way.
Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
---- Original Message -----
From: Jack Spratt
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 9/3/2006 7:21:02 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Song of Myself
I am having difficulty in following some of the threads on this list.
A.A. I can't imagine why. A thread that started out as a movie morphed into a
thread on Russian a week later and was still entitled "Movie".
J.S. Partially this is my fault since my work limits me to reviewing postings
only on occasion. I have however detected a note of confusion concerning my
pseudonym Jack Spratt and my email address. Why this is so I do not know.
A.A. Just a quirk they have. Some mass hysteria. Don't take it personally.
J.S. It is fair to explain that due to the nature of my employment I cannot
divulge my identity.
A.A. No excuse.
J.S. However, I stand with Mark Twain, Philoktet, Cary Grant, and 265 Popes who
opted for illusion rather than boring given names. Identity is mostly fluid on
the internet from my experience and I intend to keep on swimming, flounder-like.
A.A. Conspicuous by their absence is female writers. Are you a chauvinist,
Mr. Spratt?
J.S. Some particulars of my life are that I live and work on the Island of the
Manhattos. As another fearless New Yorker said, I am Manhattanese, friendly and
proud! (He wound up getting tarred and feathered, but that was in uncivilized
Long Island.) I live with my bulldog, Kurtz enjoying each other?s company and
composing pseudonyms. We both look forward to joining in the conversations.
A.A. Welcome to evil Kurtz as well. Do you live in a binary world of good and
evil, Mr. Spratt? And I disagree. We do have a handy utopia. It's called
denial.
J.S.
The one thing we lack is a handy utopia.
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J.S.
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