Comments on: Free verse http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/04/16/free-verse/ "Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness." George Orwell Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:26:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: B Winson http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/04/16/free-verse/comment-page-1/#comment-481 B Winson Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:13:53 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/04/16/free-verse/#comment-481 Dear Ms. Batuman, I just want to point out that the J-Lo quote on the bookmark is misattributed (a printing mistake). The quote actually comes from Zireaux's book, <em>Res Publica</em>, his New Zealand epic poem, which was written before <em>Kamal</em> and is now available on ImmortalMuse.com, and will soon be available on Amazon as well as in bookstores New Zealand-wide. The complete stanza from <em>Res Publica</em>, awkwardly out of context on its own, goes like this: I welcome you, you lecherous lot! Bring me your huddled, beer-drinking masses, the ones who don’t care what “high class” is; the ones who think that J-Lo’s not a diva -- but her ass is. Bring me your footy fans, in hordes or singly; your sooty men with sports-car tools, your speedway goers, sports-bar ghouls, your schools of bikers and monster truckers for whom the greatest nippers and tuckers work to perfect the silicon breast for you to visually molest... Sincerely, - B Winson Editor-in-Chief ImmortalMuse.com Dear Ms. Batuman, I just want to point out that the J-Lo quote on the bookmark is misattributed (a printing mistake). The quote actually comes from Zireaux’s book, Res Publica, his New Zealand epic poem, which was written before Kamal and is now available on ImmortalMuse.com, and will soon be available on Amazon as well as in bookstores New Zealand-wide.

The complete stanza from Res Publica, awkwardly out of context on its own, goes like this:

I welcome you, you lecherous lot!
Bring me your huddled, beer-drinking masses,
the ones who don’t care what “high class” is;
the ones who think that J-Lo’s not
a diva — but her ass is. Bring me
your footy fans, in hordes or singly;
your sooty men with sports-car tools,
your speedway goers, sports-bar ghouls,
your schools of bikers and monster truckers
for whom the greatest nippers and tuckers
work to perfect the silicon breast
for you to visually molest…

Sincerely,
- B Winson
Editor-in-Chief
ImmortalMuse.com

]]> By: Tara Baltazar http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/04/16/free-verse/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Tara Baltazar Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:35:26 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/04/16/free-verse/#comment-399 Random thoughts: 1) The indigenous Hawaiian soldier makes me happy. 2) That bookmark is hardcore and totally campy. 3) Maybe this book was meant to be sent to Mark Grief. 4) I had a feeling "My Life and Thoughts" was an allusion to something and I've never read Herzen. So thanks for the tip. Yay, you blogged. Cheers ... Random thoughts: 1) The indigenous Hawaiian soldier makes me happy. 2) That bookmark is hardcore and totally campy. 3) Maybe this book was meant to be sent to Mark Grief. 4) I had a feeling “My Life and Thoughts” was an allusion to something and I’ve never read Herzen. So thanks for the tip.

Yay, you blogged. Cheers …

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