tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post711613904911236703..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Story's freedomMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-66342913804728986612018-08-17T18:51:58.315-04:002018-08-17T18:51:58.315-04:00Hahaha! How terrible! Those naughty readers--they&...Hahaha! How terrible! Those naughty readers--they're killers!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-85632047699162125482018-08-15T08:50:23.933-04:002018-08-15T08:50:23.933-04:00I have characters who have many flaws (racism, mis...I have characters who have many flaws (racism, misogyny, etc.) but so far I have not had a reader construe that to mean I myself have any of these flaws. I have had them say "I hope you kill that character off in the sequel!" though! But that's great - it means I made the reader feel something.Kim Beallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788345076449612253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-40908187800155163682018-08-13T16:33:23.057-04:002018-08-13T16:33:23.057-04:00I have neglected you but will pop by in a day or t...I have neglected you but will pop by in a day or two. Bit of over-busyness at the moment!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-38210465145413285322018-08-13T16:32:37.550-04:002018-08-13T16:32:37.550-04:00I hope that is true! The correctness policemen/wom...I hope that is true! The correctness policemen/women/other are certainly noisy in various places.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-60802184816815657382018-08-13T16:31:30.566-04:002018-08-13T16:31:30.566-04:00My indulgences are all free!My indulgences are all free!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-29559971479760249382018-08-13T14:44:32.593-04:002018-08-13T14:44:32.593-04:00The other day the New York Times ran a piece by a ...The other day the New York Times ran a piece by a former Nation editor decrying the round of craven apologies over the supposedly "offensive" poem the magazine recently published. Interesting, and hearteningly, nearly all of the several hundred commenters on the Times story agreed that the Nation editors had acted ridiculously. I'm left to conclude that the ideological Art KomissarsJeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-35385858851333822782018-08-13T03:12:58.115-04:002018-08-13T03:12:58.115-04:00It's OK provided being "allowed to be wro...It's OK provided being "allowed to be wrong" isn't his main aim. I mean it's bad enough when it happens by accident. Thinking about this slightly more coherently I realise I do this all the time - rush into comment when my head is barely above water. Promulgating ignorance and apercus which - shot from the hip - die from inanition as they move at the speed of light towards Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-36913260315400573362018-08-11T23:47:16.998-04:002018-08-11T23:47:16.998-04:00Interesting times...
Interesting times...<br />Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-33780814334560847072018-08-11T20:53:29.120-04:002018-08-11T20:53:29.120-04:00Real people are twenty seven (and more) different ...Real people are twenty seven (and more) different things. Long live literature. Down with the thought police. Where have we gone so wrong? Well, maybe the pendulum will soon swing away from ideological idiocy. <br />RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.com