[Fwd: Mugger writes...]

[Katha Pollitt]

> That, of course, is Katha's post to this list of November 15. Smith comments:
> 
> >Indeed. It's true that I offered "whiny feminist" Pollitt a column a
> >few years ago and also accurate that she politely declined. But
> >Katha, hon, it wasn't for your dazzling prose that I wanted to add
> >you to our eclectic roster of writers. Rather, at NYPress, unlike
> >The Nation, we encourage wide diversity of opinions. Who knows, one
> >day faux-populist Michael Moore, if he took a few writing courses,
> >might wind up in our pages.
> 
> Russ, if you're reading this, is there a reprint fee on its way?
> 
> Doug

    It's interesting to know that even Russ Smith doesn't think much of
the writing in his paper!

  

  Katha