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...French idea lies there, at the intersection of technology and creativity." From such high-minded but vague declarations the colloquium often descended into special pleading and ideological posturing. Novelist Mary McCarthy called on the French government to permit Poland's Radio Solidarity to broadcast in France. Feminist Kate Millett deplored the "severe lack of representation of women" at the meeting (85 out of 350). U.S. cultural "imperialism," particularly in the form of the internationally popular TV show Dallas, was repeatedly attacked. Not a few guests foundered on the generalities and the pretension. The grandiose talkathon, hinted one American participant...
...Mallory Millett Jones...
...have wonderful authors turn up in the morning mail. He would be out grubbing with the rest of us, cozening agents and trying to get onto books earlier and wondering how much money to bid." Adds Georges Borchardt, an agent whose clients include John Gardner, Stanley Elkin and Kate Millett: "The facilities offered by publishers to the artists have declined. Editors who would be capable of editing are not allowed to. They have people breathing down their backs, asking, 'Where is the new bestseller?' and 'Why are you spending so much time on this poor-selling author...
Over ten years ago, Kate Millett wrote Sexual Politics, starting a protracted personal debate between Norman Mailer and various feminists, and more importantly, reemphasizing the extremely political nature of fiction...
...Hemingway!) that only intellectuals will read the story; yet they are redneckedly outlandish enough (bowling and slinging semi-automatic weapons) that they will not challenge any intellectuals to consider their own personal role in the process. Their very redneckedness is in fact romanticized, made "Hip" in the way Millett wrote. In short, Attanasio has created a clever (tiresome) string of one-liners that laughs its way all around the issues. It's caricature that thinks it's analysis...