tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post8583317253301826912..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Fiction & Politics, with a dash of poetryMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-64826987206864319342008-10-28T16:54:00.000-04:002008-10-28T16:54:00.000-04:00I don't object to many lawyers, don't even object ...I don't object to many lawyers, don't even object to all politicians. Hmm, I hoped this was lighter, but maybe not!<BR/><BR/>No stereotypes? Is it possible to get all the encrustation off?<BR/><BR/>What about the baby? Must go see!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-9399928741380110222008-10-28T16:38:00.000-04:002008-10-28T16:38:00.000-04:00Yikes, lawyers are bad, politicians are all crooks...Yikes, lawyers are bad, politicians are all crooks----this is not what I look forward to reading about when I come to the palace. But that's just me and you will, of course, write what you want to write! As you know, I'm a big palace fan otherwise.<BR/>Still, on the subject of voting, I vote for a negative stereotype-free zone---is it too much to hope for?Laura Frankstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528540633399368216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-62259362398177246562008-10-27T19:08:00.000-04:002008-10-27T19:08:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Susannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419802372495554966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-18176831867722614242008-10-27T19:03:00.000-04:002008-10-27T19:03:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Susannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419802372495554966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-88433499121600600612008-10-27T17:03:00.000-04:002008-10-27T17:03:00.000-04:00I have read and very much like Frederick Douglass,...I have read and very much like Frederick Douglass, for whatever that's worth. Also, I've read his autobiography many times. It is one of the great American documents. So I feel quite well informed about Frederick Douglass, and I am a fan of his.<BR/><BR/>Oh, I agree; politicians are probably all cheerfully big-headed, some more than others, some more in line with their accomplishments than others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-50293146625401803502008-10-27T16:27:00.000-04:002008-10-27T16:27:00.000-04:00Marly,I have been teaching Frederick Douglass to m...Marly,<BR/>I have been teaching Frederick Douglass to my students in my slavery/rhetoric class. It would be informative for you to read his famous speech, "What to the Slave is The Fourth of July?" which will singe your eyebrows and make you think again about Wright's "Anti-American" sermon. Actually, that sermon is firmly in the tradition of the black church, started by abolitionists like Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-11926758691196997262008-10-27T15:20:00.000-04:002008-10-27T15:20:00.000-04:00No doubt. I just wrote the bio note for a book: su...No doubt. I just wrote the bio note for a book: such things feel particularly unreal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-19584030099337707692008-10-27T14:11:00.000-04:002008-10-27T14:11:00.000-04:00Isn't it all a fiction?Won't the truth only break ...Isn't it all a fiction?<BR/>Won't the truth only break free some time down the road, much later, when the characters are no longer afraid of what it will do to them and their chances...or...some one, with very good vision and a great deal of objectivity and understanding of history and human nature looks at the whole drama/comedy/tragedy and describes it for us?vicki johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564450760405974595noreply@blogger.com