tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850977918787367334.post2188129094341334056..comments2024-02-23T09:18:10.084-08:00Comments on Icono-Curmudgeon-Clast - Loring Wirbel's Rants: Criminally Moronic People Run the Nobel PrizesLoring Wirbelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11764834150305763077noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850977918787367334.post-68373412354739824892008-10-09T17:21:00.000-07:002008-10-09T17:21:00.000-07:00Why, Brian, you cheese-eating surrender monkey, I ...Why, Brian, you cheese-eating surrender monkey, I bet you've even <I>heard</I> of that Frenchie that won the Nobel Prize today. Maybe you've even <I>read</I> him.<BR/><BR/>Ruth, thanks for the NPR reference!Loring Wirbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764834150305763077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850977918787367334.post-6303244580443690052008-10-09T12:10:00.000-07:002008-10-09T12:10:00.000-07:00It's what I've been feeling -- many of the most re...It's what I've been feeling -- many of the most renowned (I chose that word very carefully) U.S. writers tend toward either navel-gazing or literary experimentalism that tends to lack both passion and any interest in the world around us. <BR/><BR/>And it's not like that's a new idea with me. Tom Wolfe went at American letters -- what is it now? -- more than a decade ago? -- for pretty much the same thing. <BR/><BR/>-bBrian Santohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08415932044366029481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850977918787367334.post-80119092884130015142008-10-09T04:06:00.000-07:002008-10-09T04:06:00.000-07:00Oops . . see, still practicing. :|Oops . . see, still practicing. :|Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850977918787367334.post-71882484891254801522008-10-09T04:05:00.000-07:002008-10-09T04:05:00.000-07:00NPR had this piece this piece this morning. Quite ...NPR had this piece <A HREF="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95537900" REL="nofollow">this piece</A> this morning. Quite amusing hearing Albee list the greats (Europeans) who never won the Nobel (such as Tolstoy and Joyce), and Richard Russo in response to the European criticism that American is not part of the 'literary dialogue' say 'the book <I>is</I> the dialogue.'Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850977918787367334.post-74123907006219576612008-10-04T13:15:00.000-07:002008-10-04T13:15:00.000-07:00Pre-judging comes in many flavors. How do we break...Pre-judging comes in many flavors. How do we break out of being "insular" when we sort of are. But great lit is great lit.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831577769797947426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850977918787367334.post-79917561344014262962008-10-03T16:40:00.000-07:002008-10-03T16:40:00.000-07:00Well, Hindus have plenty of reasons to hate them t...Well, Hindus have plenty of reasons to hate them there Brits, while Scandinavians just don't like Americans because we have no safety nets.Loring Wirbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764834150305763077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850977918787367334.post-74235014513898056152008-10-03T16:35:00.000-07:002008-10-03T16:35:00.000-07:00Ah - I guess that English writers aren't respected...Ah - I guess that English writers aren't respected either:<BR/>http://www.literaryreview.co.uk/naipaul_04_06.htmlPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756677763475217481noreply@blogger.com