tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909166734000323323.post5826571554669540890..comments2022-01-21T18:03:18.183-08:00Comments on THE CHAGALL POSITION: Take the Boston Literary Renaissance Challenge!Edmond Caldwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651618912907453630noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909166734000323323.post-86505725177826341132014-01-13T08:31:34.015-08:002014-01-13T08:31:34.015-08:00Hi E,
Maybe I'm being dense but I'm uncle...Hi E,<br /><br />Maybe I'm being dense but I'm unclear what's so bad about the Cultural District project. Yeah, yeah, the bit about the literary renaissance might just be hype. That's possibly for marketing and what-not. <br /><br />But a cultural/literary district? Is that such a bad thing? <br /><br />Those who are organizing it will have their own interests met (obviously, no one is claiming pure altruism here!) But couldn't this also benefit Boston neighborhoods at large? Won't greater political leverage allow these organizations to do good stuff throughout the city? Could not this ultimately lead to broader access to writing classes, books, and the kind of literary life that presently seems mainly tied up with Boston's elite? <br /><br />I don't actually know. It's true that a literary district wouldn't address fundamental issues of inequality and class tensions in the city. It doesn't help organize marginalized folks. It doesn't go to the root of economic imbalance, labor exploitation, injustice.<br /><br />But the district does, again, give these arts organizations more political leverage to potentially make some sort of difference. Don't you think?<br /><br />Open to your thoughts...Beckynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909166734000323323.post-11092687648937916832014-01-09T15:54:59.661-08:002014-01-09T15:54:59.661-08:00Ha ha, anonymous. Very funny. Ha ha, anonymous. Very funny. Traveling Psychologistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909166734000323323.post-64430993437879112652014-01-06T15:43:44.405-08:002014-01-06T15:43:44.405-08:00I think "Put up or shut up" is reasonabl...I think "Put up or shut up" is reasonable. The wrong people have had the mic for way too long, meaning they've long become complacent. And we mustn't presume they were ever worthy on the merits. The wittiest among them, it's so evident, they themselves suffer from crashing bore syndrome, and they know it. Also they know it's the path of self-hatred, and still they walk it. That's the sad reality in which we operate. <br /><br />So a duel, let's have some swashbucklery, some clashing of rapiers. If Grub Street et.al. can't invest a single day's intellectual labor to rise to this very fun and fair challenge, then when can I say...we've already won. Total victory. <br /><br />This really MUST be answered. And therein lies the win-win.Frances Madesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621630522922354741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909166734000323323.post-10885033536952237062014-01-06T12:03:24.001-08:002014-01-06T12:03:24.001-08:00All the great writers are from Boston. Michael Bl...All the great writers are from Boston. Michael Bloomberg is from Boston, been kind of pigeonholed in the financial fantasy genre, but he's important in his way. Jack Welch had a few best-sellers. Stephen King always wears a Red Sox hat. All the greats. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com