Thursday, February 10, 2005

Scandal at Paris Review

As has been pointed out by ULAer Adam Hardin in a post on the previous thread, Paris Review Poetry Editor Richard Howard has awarded the Bernard Conners Prize to two of his former Columbia University students. Kind of a closed little world, isn't it?

How many demi-puppet lit-bloggers will have anything to say about this? (Or about other facts of lit-world corruption disclosed in Adam Hardin's Monday Report, currently up at www.literaryrevolution.com?)

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Richard Howard . . .

. . . NEVER trust a man with two first names!

Anonymous said...

Richard Howard . . .

. . . NEVER trust a man with two first names!

Anonymous said...

Now this could be considered some form of fraud, if the entrants indeed thought they had an equal shot (which is why most reputable competitions do no allow people who work for, or their immediate familes enter.

I suggest ULA put their muscle behind causes such as this; in fact actually pressing a class action suit, versus simply doing an expose, which will just be ignored. Tort will actually be a wakeup call.

--The Truth.

Anonymous said...

Lets look at the profound changes in culture, not 1 came about from mass movements, hell even ABOLITION was opposed by the majoirty, and thank God the founding fathers were no fans of democracy.

Segregation?
Brown v. Board of Ed.

Interracial Marriage?
Loving v.Virgina

Homosexual sex?
Lawrence v. Texas

Abortion?
Roe v. Wade

Ending fradulent literary contests?

ULA v. Columbia



-the Truth

Anonymous said...

And what will that do? Don't get me wrong I am an avid protestor of many things, although It's been about a month since I've been to a protest rally, which is too long. However this event will not be covered by the media, hell i think even c-span might ignore this. So basically you are protesting to people who no matter what aren't going to budge in viewpoint, in fact it is more likely to hurt strategically.

Although Passing out a printout of the facts and passing it out couldn't hurt, anything more would be a setback. This is actually a great opprutunity, and it calls for greater caution and responsibility as I said, if there is actually something illegal going on, the courts are the answer.

-The TRUTH

Anonymous said...

Adam:

I'm working that night but I'll be running to this bullshit ceremony afterwards. If nobody else shows up I'll be singlehandedly busting shit up. This is fucking evil illegal bullshit and I'm not going to let it stand.

--Remaining Anon So The Fuckers Don't Know Who I Am, Ha Ha, They Can Suck My Tit In Macy's Window...

Jeff Potter said...

Whoever doesn't know us very well...

We take direct action, we use the culture, we challenge the perps directly, we make noise, we take pictures and send press releases (rants).

We get the job done.

It works.

We don't need no steenking lawyers.

(Just ask J-Franz if he's going to take another NEA payout.)

Jeff Potter said...

PS: The legal triumphs listed only occured because the culture was ready for them. Lit leads. Law follows.

King Wenclas said...

??? Lawsuits? Who do you think we are? Ralph Nader? (A lawsuit would drag on for years until lawyers on both sides squeeze as much money as possible out of it. We'd get a final decision maybe in 2013.)
We're supposed to file lawsuits on behalf of idiotic demi-puppets who buy into the scam that is the established literary world? You don't see me entering any rigged contests. You know, "Truth," that we're a D-I-Y outfit. I'm not here to be anyone's servant. If you really think someone should file a lawsuit-- then Do It Yourself.
(Roger D. Hodge seems to have some kind of legal background. Maybe he'll be your attorney.)
p.s. If you were really speaking the truth you wouldn't hide your identity, but would happily put your name behind what you say. Until you do, you're just another anonymous game-player.

Anonymous said...

I have no desire to file a lawsuit, because I am not complaining about, nor do I envy or desire to be apart of the Academic Leaning lit world. There are far to many other segments, of more intrest. The question is why do you care?

Jeff Potter:
PS: The legal triumphs listed only occured because the culture was ready for them. Lit leads. Law follows.

We must live in two different universes. Why do you think the courts had to make the decisions? Because the culture wasn't. Even know roe v wade cannot seem to top 55% but was opposed by a vast majority 30 years ago.

40 years ago 80% opposed interracial marriage, citing "Moral reasons"

Jeff:
I don't even need to go into how integration went over in the south.

We take direct action, we use the culture, we challenge the perps directly, we make noise, we take pictures and send press releases (rants).

And? That means nothing, lets take the most influential, using that method, the people who for some reason or another vote Democrat and Republican, by August less than 10% were in the swing voter category, nothing could budge the other 90%, now take something as trivial to the masses as literature, and nothing is going to change. It's like talking to the rap world about the immorality of sex and drugs.

Do you think the record companies are going to sink this golden ship?

Do you think the public who loves that lifestyle will?

The ULA is not the first of it's kind, in many art genres, and almost all political movements start with the same goal, to somehow readjust human nature, through impractical means (this is why pure democracy would be a disaster)

If the ULA goes Evangelical Christian then you can appeal to a greater base of NON-Writers. Although they for the most part have no intrest, and once you alienate what people enjoy, just so you can claim their throne, versus creating your space you are bound to fail.

John Kerry is a perfect example of this, trying to play republican lite got him right where he belongs.

Jeff Potter said...

To Anon writing about law, art: What you write is too slow, old and status-quo to bother with. You got some reading and living to do.

Anonymous said...

What I lack is a historical cliche of delusions of grandeur.

-The Unabashed Truth

King Wenclas said...

But obviously you're very much abashed by what you say. Otherwise you'd give your name.

King Wenclas said...

p.s. Once you mention protesting something in a public forum like this, the idea of doing it is out, because the aristocrats will have mucho security/police to protect themselves. It's like when I asked questions of Rick Moody at the Philly main library a couple years ago. I'd mentioned maybe doing it on the then-ULA forum we had going on our site. The place was jammed with security, and I was harassed by them afterward. (I was hassled for that matter by both security and police at the recent National Book Awards.) There are always plenty of things to protest-- but word has to get out quietly! (I'm too busy at the end of this month anyway to go up to NYC. But maybe someone else will crash the event; "Swiss Guards" and all.)