tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post2828633294654510849..comments2024-03-09T03:20:20.004-05:00Comments on Tenured Radical: A Few Words About Books, Book Reviews, and Literary Critics Who Need to Tone It the Heck DownTenured Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-12963300066317820502007-09-26T15:15:00.001-05:002007-09-26T15:15:00.001-05:00oops, the website: http://profbw.wordpress.comoops, the website: http://profbw.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-17285537504114495102007-09-26T15:15:00.000-05:002007-09-26T15:15:00.000-05:00forgive my willful ignoring of the point of your p...forgive my willful ignoring of the point of your post, but it occurs to me that your thoughts would be most helpful on the list of books on class that we are making over at professor black woman's blog (historical reading list page). If you change your mind about recommending a read or two, please stop by, we'd appreciate it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-83251395967362783222007-09-25T05:31:00.000-05:002007-09-25T05:31:00.000-05:00Tim: I cannot help but think that you are an as-y...<B>Tim</B>: I cannot help but think that you are an as-yet-undiscovered Big Shot. A star, perhaps, that has not yet been discerned because of other stars unfortunately hiding it in their light. But your day will come.<BR/><BR/><B>human</B>: what a good name to choose. And I'm surprised that the Random Monster has not eaten something more vital -- like your debit card. It got mine last week for the third time this year.<BR/><BR/><B>sisyphus</B>: I am rarely offended, only offensive. No, it wasn't bad to ask - it took me a while to figure out what I think, particularly since you get to my age and you know almost everyone in some way. I love the Truong book, btw: like all lesbians I am obsessed with Gertrude and Alice and have been since my early teens (I have the new Janet Malcolm book on my bedside table) but I thought this volume was a particularly amazing take on colonialism and modernity.<BR/><BR/><B>Gayprof</B>: everything you do is right. BTW, if you are going to ASA, let's find each other.Tenured Radicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-71872526031507878072007-09-24T21:49:00.000-05:002007-09-24T21:49:00.000-05:00I dispose of my library cards when I move and/or h...I dispose of my library cards when I move and/or have completed my research. Is that not right?GayProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289510184782252498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-17127066177008908762007-09-24T18:43:00.000-05:002007-09-24T18:43:00.000-05:00Hmm. I had asked what you thought of a couple of t...Hmm. I had asked what you thought of a couple of the books you posted. If this was offensive or bad, sorry. Perhaps you take book suggestions instead? If you liked the book about Steven Crane, Monique Truong wrote the novel _The Book of Salt,_ telling the story of Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas, from the perspective of their Vietnamese cook. I have yet to read it (pesky dissertation and job market!) but my friend writes on it and finds it wonderful, in that fascinating, puzzling, I-have-to-write-about-it-way.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-28891957921205001542007-09-24T18:20:00.000-05:002007-09-24T18:20:00.000-05:00Hi, I'm new, and I don't hate your blog!For a few ...Hi, I'm new, and I don't hate your blog!<BR/><BR/>For a few years I moved a lot, like every few months, so I had quite a collection of voter registration cards and library cards (because of course those are the first order of business when you move - priorities!) I think the Random-Shit-Devouring Monster under my bed ate them all, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-44993897645349114422007-09-24T09:38:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:38:00.000-05:00You said: "What is it, by the way, with these big ...You said: "What is it, by the way, with these big shot scholars, most of whom seem to live in Chicago, that they are so into writing polemics nowadays?"<BR/><BR/>This sentence helped me partly understand something about myself in relation to the academy. Using the statement underlying your interrogative as my major premise, let me recite it back to you as a partial syllogism:<BR/><BR/>a. I live in Chicago.<BR/>b. I am a scholar.<BR/>c. I don't write polemics.<BR/>Conclusion: I'm not a Big Shot! - TLTim Lacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896230254720822005noreply@blogger.com