@samtanenhaus The book I'd like to see is about 1930s/1940s anti-New Deal Right: Pegler, McCormack, Hearst, Mencken, Orphan Annie, etc
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@HeerJeet@samtanenhaus Robert Frost. Mountain Interval is mainly anti-New Deal poems.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@UOJim@samtanenhaus Yep. People forget how conservative Frost was (in part because he was more moderate than Pound/Eliot/Yeats).2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@HeerJeet@samtanenhaus Whereas Stevens liked to use the N-word just to be an asshole. (Per recollections in Brazeau.)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@UOJim@samtanenhaus Oh, there's a terrible story about Stevens using an ethnic slur against Gwendolyn Brooks.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@HeerJeet@samtanenhaus I think I read it and suppressed it, now that you mention it. To do with one of the prize committees IIRC.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@UOJim @samtanenhaus Yeah, I wrote about it here: http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/lemony-snicket-daniel-handler-national-book-awards-controversy/ …
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