by Ann Kjellberg, editor. One reflects, reading these names, on what is lost when the life is taken of a single truth-teller or creative person, who labors to forge a body of work from such slender means
For me this was the money quote: “ I wish the battling academic camps could put the effort they put into rampart construction into more effective sanctuaries for listening and sympathy; that the sought-after places of “safety” could be shared, at least from time to time, rather than barricaded; that the habits and skills of understanding could be cultivated alongside the finessing of mutual scorn.”
Thanks for this, Ann. I forbear to link, but Tablet has published a disgusting desecration of Refaat Alareer's memory by a writer who poses for photos in an IDF hoodie. It is possibly the most evil thing I have ever read in a mainstream journal. Free Palestine.
Horrifying account, and yours was the only place where I read such vivid enumeration and naming. Good advice, too, in the last paragraph.
Thank you!
💔💔💔 no words
For me this was the money quote: “ I wish the battling academic camps could put the effort they put into rampart construction into more effective sanctuaries for listening and sympathy; that the sought-after places of “safety” could be shared, at least from time to time, rather than barricaded; that the habits and skills of understanding could be cultivated alongside the finessing of mutual scorn.”
Thanks! I don’t mean to be too starry-eyed. I mean it in a practical way.
Timely and courageous, Ann. Thank you for writing this.
Thank you so much!
I didn’t take it that way. In fact, like most people I thought it as an indication of your intelligence since were in agreement!
Shucks!
Thanks for this, Ann. I forbear to link, but Tablet has published a disgusting desecration of Refaat Alareer's memory by a writer who poses for photos in an IDF hoodie. It is possibly the most evil thing I have ever read in a mainstream journal. Free Palestine.
I did see that actually. I thought it was notable that he didn't actually talk about the poems of any of the writers he held up as superior models.