Comments on: heaney and beyond http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2009/06/12/heaney-and-beyond/ A poetry blog by Stephen Burt Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:29:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rachel Trousdale http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2009/06/12/heaney-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Rachel Trousdale Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:26:55 +0000 http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/?p=110#comment-183 Oh ARGH, how come you're always in New York when I'm not? Oh ARGH, how come you’re always in New York when I’m not?

]]> By: JSE http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2009/06/12/heaney-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-176 JSE Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:46:36 +0000 http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/?p=110#comment-176 I only partially agree with Stirling -- better, I only partially understand what he means, and agree with only part of the part I understand. I think your "paraphrase" of challenge 18 is much richer and more correct than what's in Stirling's original text. The part I agree with: literary fiction of the kind I know how to write and read is probably going to stop being a viable way to make an adult living, and will become something carried out by academics, twentysomethings, and hobbyists. Which is, I guess, my paraphrase of challenge 18. I only partially agree with Stirling — better, I only partially understand what he means, and agree with only part of the part I understand. I think your “paraphrase” of challenge 18 is much richer and more correct than what’s in Stirling’s original text.

The part I agree with: literary fiction of the kind I know how to write and read is probably going to stop being a viable way to make an adult living, and will become something carried out by academics, twentysomethings, and hobbyists. Which is, I guess, my paraphrase of challenge 18.

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