Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 3
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a word on lobsters... and vegetables
[Read the article: I'm so vegan it hurts]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As a vegetarian from Maine who eats lobsters... David Foster Wallace is full of crap (in addition to Infinite Jest, that is). In fact, his assertions about lobsters have been debunked here at Salon.com:
http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/09/18/lobster/index.html
Personally, I like Thomas Pynchon's take on vegetables, from Mason&Dixon:
"As the Fate of Vegetables is to be eaten,– as success and Reputation in the Vegetable Realm must hence be measured by how many are eaten,– it behooves each kind of Vegetable to look as appetizing as possible, doesn't it, or risk dying where it grew, not to mention having then to lie there, listening to the obloquy and complaint of its neighbors."
Anyway, when I drop a lobster into the pot, or eat over at my lobsterman friend's house, I feel like I'm drinking from the fountain of my own youth, as the lobster is a product of the cold water that I love, and its taste is the sweetness of my memories and the traditions of my neighbors. It makes me feel lucky and thankful, and has nothing to do with power.
but that's an idyllic picture of coastal Maine for you...
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Bill Cohen too
[Read the article: Allen, Webb, truth, fiction]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I read several of Bill Cohen's novels when I was in high school, and was surprised to find them pretty explicit as well, for spy-thrillers. Of course, as a member of Clinton's cabinet he's not exactly a conservative paragon, but he was a Republican Senator for many years. Agreed, let's keep "fiction" separate from "reality."
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tragic figure
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]To me, KG is still the most tragic figure in the NBA. Can someone help that guy win a championship please?