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...making things well--no concessions, no shortcuts, with complete faith in the beauty and integrity of material (in his case, mostly wood)--gave a certain urgency and moral power to the object. He never seems to have had a slipshod moment. If you can imagine Jack Kerouac without the stupid sentimentality but with the assets of a truly fine craftsman, you might have had something like Westermann. But there was no other such person...
...INTERNATIONAL PAPER: Move over, pricey hardcovers. Paperbacks are enjoying a big surge in sales, says PW. "Paperbacks are increasing in number and gaining legitimacy." Paperback originals are a more viable alternative, industry sources tell PW. The reason? As Border's spokesman puts it, "It's the price, stupid." GOING POSTAL: PW is thrilled by 'Family Business: Selected Letters Between a Father and Son' (Bloomsbury; September), giving it a starred review. The letters are a correspondence between the late poet Allen Ginsberg and his poet father, Louis. "Some of the most astonishing correspondence in American literature...
People can relocate; an endangered species cannot. It is arrogant and incredibly stupid for people to move onto arid land and then assume they can basically steal the water from any source, at any cost, for their own selfish interests. GLENN M. SCOTT Newport News...
...ranting, 'N Sync wields its pop hooks like weapons; they nail every chorus, emote feverishly on the ballads and hedge their bets on the whole pop thing by bouncing between techno, two-step, hip-hop and any other style Billboard might one day have a chart for. Slick and stupid? Sure. But it will make you dance. 'N Sync is probably all right with that...
...years I have been trying to persuade people that George W. Bush, although no Einstein, is not stupid. Now comes word he is returning to Texas for most of August. He could have gone to Kennebunkport, Maine, instead. I give up. If you put his brain in a duck, it would fly north for the winter...