Always had a soft spot for the old codge. For this piece I reread Ginsberg's diary notes on his meeting with Pound (https://allenginsberg.org/2020/10/f-o-30-488/. It's where the “I found out after seventy years I was not a lunatic but a moron” line came from, and the "my worst mistake was the stupid suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism, all along, that spoiled everything -”... And he did champion and coach good work from many fine poet, including the later, monkey-gonaded Yeats...
How right he was re his stupid suburban anti-Semitism. His and Eliot’s. And hosts of others’. Trouble is…”stupid and suburban” rather downplays its impact down the centuries, making it sound like a fondness for privet. Or does so for me. But, I’d like to think he was sincere in his recognition of his mistake.
I’ll have a look at the Ginsberg piece. Thanks for the reference.
Oprah and William Blake quoted in the same piece, Whitman and Wonderbra? I've seen (read) it all now, except...I'm not sure if I've actually ever seen you dance, now that I think of it...
Well, man, that was quite a ride.
I’ve always disliked Pound intensely.
And… I never knew that about Yeats.
Always had a soft spot for the old codge. For this piece I reread Ginsberg's diary notes on his meeting with Pound (https://allenginsberg.org/2020/10/f-o-30-488/. It's where the “I found out after seventy years I was not a lunatic but a moron” line came from, and the "my worst mistake was the stupid suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism, all along, that spoiled everything -”... And he did champion and coach good work from many fine poet, including the later, monkey-gonaded Yeats...
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How right he was re his stupid suburban anti-Semitism. His and Eliot’s. And hosts of others’. Trouble is…”stupid and suburban” rather downplays its impact down the centuries, making it sound like a fondness for privet. Or does so for me. But, I’d like to think he was sincere in his recognition of his mistake.
I’ll have a look at the Ginsberg piece. Thanks for the reference.
Stay well. And keep writing.
Oprah and William Blake quoted in the same piece, Whitman and Wonderbra? I've seen (read) it all now, except...I'm not sure if I've actually ever seen you dance, now that I think of it...
I adore your intellect, cherish your thoughts and the flow they take but more I love your fucking heart.
Put me on your next dance card!