From: topp8564-AT-mail.usyd.edu.au
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 17:30:43 +1000
Subject: Re: AUT: Fwd: Amiri Baraka poem


Ok, I think we can get over this now. It is boring and insulting to everyone 
involved.



On 14/10/2002 4:34 PM, "Scott Hamilton" <s_h_hamilton-AT-yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> Thomas, you accuse Baraka of 'socialist realism' then
> contrast him negatively with Coltrane on the basis of
> the fact that he sells 'Leninist snake oil', whatever
> that is. I had connected Coltrane to Baraka
> stylistically, but you demand that Baraka's politics
> be brought into the comparison. Isn't this the essence
> of socialist realism? As an aside, aren't you the guy
> who was translated some of Negri's stuff into English?
> If you were, then you are responsible for far greater
> insults to the English language than Baraka.  
> 
> Cheers
> Scott 
> 
> 
> 
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