William S. Burroughs' death has been on my mind. Long before I was a
Marxist, I was a youthful member of the beat generation. In 1960 I read
Jack Kerouac's On the Road and a year or so later I read Burroughs' Naked
Lunch. These two works deepened my outsider identity. It was the 1960s
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, James Devine wrote:
It's really clear how biased the media is in favor of UPS: I've never heard
of a strike that's been trumpeted as "a Teamsters' strike" unless it is
literal truckdrivers on strike (and many UPS workers are not). The word
"Teamsters" gets repeated a
(the following is extremely long; I hope it isn't too boring.)
Going beyond our points of agreement, Wojtek says: Where I feel we do
differ is (i) whether fascism can happen here and (ii) the relationship
between informal apartheid and the role of the government vis a vis that
peculiar
At the risk of alienating even more people and in response to the
euologies on Burroughs and previously on Ginsburg, my personal
opinion is that the so-called "Beats", revealed themselves through
their writings and lifestyles to be largely: self-indulgent,
pretentious, arrogant, narcissistic,
Jim Craven writes that his personal opinion is that the so-called "Beats",
revealed themselves through their writings and lifestyles to be largely:
self-indulgent, pretentious, arrogant, narcissistic, petit-bourgeois,
phillistine, ultra- individualistic, superifcial, elitist...
and
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To James Craven:
Many thanks for your exhaustive answer to my query. I now understand
the legal logic connecting and separating the two Simpson trials,
but I still feel a cloying sense of wrongness about it on a deeper level.
Re your later rant on
Since the murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman I have given as an
extra-credit research project the following:
Starting with the murders, qualitatively document the products,
product differentiation, markets, market niches, forward and backward
linkages, impacts on culture/politics and
Jim Craven writes that his personal opinion is that the so-called "Beats",
revealed themselves through their writings and lifestyles to be largely:
self-indulgent, pretentious, arrogant, narcissistic, petit-bourgeois,
phillistine, ultra- individualistic, superifcial, elitist...
and clearly male
i might also say that burroughs was a pretty poor father.
Not to mention a notoriously bad shot as a husband.
Regards,
Tom Walker
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friends,
I think that burrough's books, "Junkie" and "Queer" are well worth reading.
i might also say that burroughs was a pretty poor father.
the biography, "literary outlaw" is very good.
michael yates
From: Louis N Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:11610] William S. Burroughs
Oddly enough, there is a certain affinity between Naked Lunch and the
gothic novels of Stephen King. . . .
Haven't read King, only seen a couple of movies based on.
I don't take exception
August 5, 1997
Analysis: Teamsters, UPS Fighting Over Part-Timers
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
The walkout against United Parcel Service stems from the inevitable clash
of two powerful forces in the nation's economy -- the revitalized labor
movement's opposition to the use of part-time workers and
From: James Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:11606] "Teamsters" strike double jeopardy
It's really clear how biased the media is in favor of UPS: I've never heard
of a strike that's been trumpeted as "a Teamsters' strike" unless it is
literal truckdrivers on strike
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