large radical anthologist riled

[Jon Ford]

Michael, I have read one of your articles-- and one was enough. AS for you, 
I doubt if you read even the one poem I sent you as you couldn't get beyond 
the gender of "mer"-- which was not in any sense the point of the poem. 
Anyway, my point in the post was that size doesn't matter-- it's how 
pretentious and falsely pedantic a work is that counts. AS for psychiatric 
medication, I remember once asking you if you took any, as you had admitted 
being a depressive-- which is clear to all from the tone of your posts and 
public conduct in recent months. As for my slum properties in Oakland, I 
sold all my East Bay holdings about 25 years ago, and I never owned "slum 
properties"-- only fine Victorian mansions.
That's why I can afford to live in Palo Alto, while you live in a tiny 
condo-- enjoy your failure, Mike-- it becomes you well!

Jon





>From: Michael Eisenstadt <michaele@ando.pair.com>
>To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>Subject: large radical anthologist riled
>Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 08:40:08 -0600
>
>Jon Ford wrote:
> >
> > Oh Oh-- let's not get into the "publication envy" syndrome.Eisenstadt, I
> > could put your complete works in my backpocket but that wouldn't make 
>them
> > any more or less pretentious and boring to read. My textbooks are the 
>best
> > that money can buy in my field, and for your info my editor makes us 
>keep
> > the weight down. My latest (weighing in at 250 pages, AddisonWesley 
>Longman
> > publishers) is on Citizenship since 9/ll, and will be one of the most
> > radical anthologies at the college comp level. Anyway, in your original 
>post
> > you were talking about college kids. I think younger kids should either 
>1)
> > purchase a better designed pack or 2)not carry the books around so much.
> > 3)Maybe Daddy can give them a ride to school. You certainly can't hold
> > authors responsible for "kiddie back ache."
>
>Citizenship since 9/11! I can just imagine. You wouldnt dare to post
>some of your drivel for us to laugh at, would you? From the same
>lackwit who once sent me samples of his homebrewed poetry (Le mer!
>Le mer!) and wanted to discuss with me the psychiatric medicines he
>takes
>
>how can you call MY publications pretentious and boring seeing as you
>have never read them? you are it seems as honest intellectually
>as you are ethical in the renting of your slum houses in Oakland
>
>the article cited about the California-based movement against the
>student backpack infamy is VERY interesting:
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/24/education/24BACK.html
><< backpack.jpg >>


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