[lit-ideas] Sunday News
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:17:41 -0500
I heard from Jorge-Luis Speranza (aka JL) last Saturday (Aug. 4). He writes:
"Feel free to tell and quote from me to anybody who you thinks remembers me in
whatever forum you're at -- including the local bar." Silly boy, one should
never ever give blanket permission for anything. Bush, of course, has already
read this last email of his, and no doubt has declared him a non-combatant
political-apathetic, but just wait until JL tries to run for Lieberman's Senate
seat -- I do keep emails, damaging ones anyway.
JL is still living in Guiltford (my preferred spelling) or Guildford (JL's
preferred spelling) or Guilford (Connecticut's preferred spelling -- or
Konnekticut as JL prefers, or Konnektikut as I prefer -- something about the 3
K's reminds me of home. He's says he's staying at someone's house -- someone
whose name he apparently thinks I should know. I can't even remember my own
kid's names for Christsake! So I googled it and found that one such person
lives in Guiltford and that for $49.95 I can get the low-down on him. I was
tempted, sorely tempted, but $50 dollars? Hell, I won't pay that kind of money
to find out who I am even. I just hope he's not a Republican.
JL writes: "I'm doing so much research on the Classics that it hurts." As well
it should, is all I have to say. He says the American experience is going
fine. Which can only mean that he doesn't watch the news. He called me a
leftist, pinko, commie -- well, by implication. He said: "We're going to the
cinema. We've seen all of them. SICKO you probably enjoyed." How prejudicially
presumptive. I haven't even seen it yet. But yes, I'm sure I will.
JL is also begging books again: "If you find anything related to art in a
second-hand bookshop in Memphis,
send to St. Michael Hall where the best SWIMMING-POOL Library for art is
being created. I was reading about allegedly the greatest American painter
ever, one Mr. Eakins. He used to teach at the Pennsylvania School of Arts.
And this is what the MOTHER of one of his FEMALE students wrote (to the
President of the School):
"Now, Mr. Claghorn, does this pay? Does it pay for
a young lady of refined godly household to be urged
as the only way of obtaining a knowledge of true
Art, to enter a class where every feeling of MAIDENLY
delicacy is violated, where she becomes so hardened
to indelicate sights and words ... that NO POSSIBLE
art can restore her lost treasure of CHASTE AND
DELICATE thoughts."
"Quoted in Catalogue St.Jude's Gallery, London.
"Now you'll say she's exaggerating and that surely a Video Course with Sister
Wendy will restore that and more. After all, Wendy is uncopulated, right?
"The other thought this provokes me is Wilde's saying that football is okay
for tomboys (girls) but to tough for young boys."
JL also reports that he's thinking of changing his name to Charles Hazelwood so
people won't think he's Hispanic. : )
I hate Anglophiles, but I forgive it in Jorge-Luis. Italian? Yeah, right.
Here's to JL - salut!
Mike Geary
Memphis
PS: If you have art books you've been trying to rid yourself of send them here:
St. Michael Hall,
Calle 58, No. 611,
La Plata B1900 BPY
Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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