Comments on: Don’t you like ANYTHING?

By: MoJo

MoJo — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:39:08 +0000

Well. True. But is that ALL it is?

By: Eva Gale

Eva Gale — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:26:11 +0000

But if you like it, then you can’t sniff with derision and that’s what makes people think you’re superior!

Duh!

By: MoJo

MoJo — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:46:34 +0000

And dislikers who aren’t creators are a waste of everbody’s time. Why in the world should anyone care what they say?

On this particular blog, I don't know who has or hasn't written something, much less put it out for public consumption. I do know that I've read some of the stuff put out for public consumption (on a semi-related niche blog) and gone, "WTF? That's good lit?" but haven't felt the need to post the sentiment.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:40:51 +0000

LOL Samantha. Think of the damage to your taxes!

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:39:19 +0000

Hee…that would be “with” Danny’s permission. I must stop reading blogs while doing my taxes.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:37:35 +0000

Oh–and if you don’t have access to it, let me know. Which Danny’s permission, I’ll give you all I have.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:36:56 +0000

Ah…I suggest reading as much of Danny Nelson’s poetry as possible. He makes the “dark side” incredibly beautiful.

By: Th.

Th. — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:24:23 +0000

I see this in my high school students and here’s what I think it comes down to:

Liking something makes you vulnerable.
Disliking something just allows you to stay closed off.

Liking something puts you at the mercy of the haters.
Disliking something gives you the power.

Likers have to explain why they like each work.
Dislikers can dislike everything in the same, lazy way.

And dislikers who aren’t creators are a waste of everbody’s time. Why in the world should anyone care what they say?

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:37:07 +0000

Somehow “literary” has been twisted to mean non-emotional. Citing how a work “affects” you is anecdotal, invalid, and seen as gauche and perhaps even immature.

And yet these “literary” “writers” think they are the descendants of Dickens, Poe, Hawthorne, et al — who wrote precisely to *evoke* emotions.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:58:08 +0000

Oh, and lookie here. I'm not the only one in a fash over this: A Reader's Manifesto Granted, the article's way old, but nothing's changed, apparently.