ouch!
 
>From: bob scheetz <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine
>  <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: discussions...
>Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 23:53:48 -0500
>
>jake,
>     yer impatience is acute enuf...boojwa academia
>is at best nipple shit.
>still, you got the remedy, simply formulate a q on
>a level as high crit as you like.
>
>bob
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jacob Charles Ptacek <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Monday, March 27, 2000 10:14 PM
>Subject: discussions...
>
>
> >        As a current undergraduate student very interested in Ezra Pound,
> >I joined this list serve with high hopes for mature, academic discussion
> >of Ezra Pound's works, most especially his poetry, as it is a formidable
> >and challenging (but also invigorating, and, at its best, moving and
> >affecting) collection.  At times, I have found this kind of discussion at
> >its best.  But more often, I tend to find meaningless squabbles over the
> >relative merits of completely unrelated books (i.e., the Seamus Heaney
> >discussion) and bitter academic infighting.  If this is the life of
> >academia, perhaps I should reconsider my choice of careers...  Is there
> >any way the list serve could perhaps sped more time on actual, worthwhile
> >discussion and less time on these more trivial matters.
> >        Of course, I realize that most of the contributors to this list
> >serve probably have quite similar feelings.  To those, my apologies for
> >taking up both valuable time and e-mail space.
> >--Jake
 
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