[lbo-talk] Alterman on Said

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Fri Sep 26 16:01:14 PDT 2003


On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Doug Henwood wrote:


> >Pitch-perfect.
>
> Alterman? This must be the first time that that modifer has been
> attached to that proper noun.

Also, on the petty beat, in his Plimpton obit he got the Ali poem wrong. It was

Me? We.

Not only a shorter poem, but a much better and deeper one, especially in context. Plimpton discusses it in _When We Were Kings_. (Which is a wonderful documentary, IMHO).

Michael



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