[lbo-talk] who is Walter Benn Michaels?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jan 23 09:14:29 PST 2008


On Jan 23, 2008, at 11:51 AM, shag at cleandraws.com wrote:


> but that said, who is this guy? I've barely heard of him and he makes
> $175k in Chicago? as a professor of English? at a public university?

Rumor has it that Fish used affirmative action money to boost Michaels' salary.


>
WBM is a good friend of Adolph Reed's, who thinks highly of him and the book. Since I think the world of Adolph, this is a strong endorsement, but I haven't read his book.

Doug



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