From: "Chris" 
Subject: Re: (urth) Wolfe Walks - my rant
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 10:35:02 +0000

None of us could be happy to hear this. But, at the least, we can try to be 
as understanding as Wolfe himself, who was there and has more reason to be 
offended than anyone (to understate).

Mostly I am interested (and impressed) by the authors he chose to praise in 
the workshop. In time we'll hear from everyone their merits and faults, but 
right now we have the chance to find and read them and decide for ourselves 
ahead of popular opinion. I suggest we take advantage of the opportunity and 
grab hold of (and discuss) these stories before they are chewed up and spit 
out by other reviewers.

As soon as we find out where to find them, anyway.

- Civet


>That is utterly unbelievable.  What a pathetic lot of juvenile, ungrateful, 
>UNKNOWING, clueless idiots.  I don't even know where to start.  How about 
>why  bother to take a writing workshop if you can't take honest criticism?  
>It pains me, pains me deeply to read that Mr. Wolfe was treated that way.  
>He is a writer of the first caliber, a truly unknown legend.  Those hacks 
>should be grateful he even bothered to read their most likely unreadable 
>tripe.  Personally, I don't have much use for writing workshops.  I think 
>writing is far too individual an art and the workshops are full of whiny 
>idiots like these.  I'll end this now with my paraphrase of Bukowski-  
>Where is something interesting to read?   Wait.  Don't tell me.  I know. 
>You wrote it.
>
>
>Sadly true
>Don
>
>
>--

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