Tom Wolfe’s Reflections on Language
I simply cannot fathom how Wolfe can claim this idea for himself without slitting his wrists in a fit of self-loathing. How else could he write entire book criticizing Chomsky’s method and his mathyness, and his shtetl Jewishness, and his faux-manly shirts (cf the picture above) and his politics and his spic and span air conditioned office and then, at the end of it all announce that he, Wolfe, has this brilliant insight — an insight that heretofore no licensed savant has ever had – and it turns out to be… a Chomsky Internet meme. And oh yeah, I almost forgot: He does this just a few chapters after accusing Darwin of not properly crediting someone else for their ideas.
E.J. Spode takes down Wolfe on Chomsky – hard!
Roll Over Atlantic by John Agard
Crosspath Theatre with Tilt presents Roll Over Atlantic Written and Performed by John Agard One of Britain’s foremost cross-cultural voices and winner of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, Caribbean-British poet John Agard performs a quirky reimagining of the notorious voyage of Christopher Columbus. UK Touring Oct 2016 – May 2017 LIMITED PRESS TICKETS AVAILABLE: […]
Monsanto on Trial: London
OCT 07 Monsanto on trial: London by Global Justice Now Free Fri 7 October 2016, 18:30 – 21:30 Event Information DESCRIPTION This October, seed and pesticide corporation Monsanto is facing an international court in The Hague. While this is just a symbolic people’s court, the witnesses and judges are real. They have been called because […]
Jimmy Cauty Riot In A Jam Jar
Jimmy Cauty Riot In A Jam Jar at Modern Panic Newspeak House, 133-135 Bethnal Green Road 6th – 14th October More details on the Modern Panic website
Billy Childish at Frieze
Billy Childish at Frieze London with Carl Freedman Gallery Booth B18 Regent’s Park 6th – 9th October More details on the Frieze website
Of MacArthur Grants, Regimes of Visibility and Meritocratic Orders
If one examines the list of those to whom the MacArthur Foundation awards its ‘Genius’ Grants of $625,000 each year one quickly discovers two very evident things. In the first instance, those receiving awards in the humanities and in the sciences are almost without exception professors at leading research universities. In other words, they are already in positions where the work that they do, “the genius” that they enact, are supported in the best ways possible… In this sense, those who consistently receive MacArthur Grants in the humanities and even more in the sciences do not need MacArthur Grants.
Steve Light reflects on who needs support grants and reading the poet Wanda Coleman.
EVENT: Ben Lerner at the RCA
At 18.30 on Monday 10 October, Hatred of Poetry author Ben Lerner makes a rare London appearance at the Royal College of Art’s Kensington campus.