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 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com