Re: now we know


Subject: Re: now we know
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 11 2002 - 12:40:45 EDT


They're in NYC, Tim.

Matt -- the more I think about the article, the more ignorant the author
sounds, yes. It's sheer silliness to think ANY professional
organization has any relevance whatsoever outside the concerns of its
own membership. I don't pick up the latest issue of the PMLA hoping to
find information that's generally relevant to the mass public. I hope
to get decent scholarship about a narrowly defined field of study.
That's all :). And that's what I usually get. Most of it is
irrelevant to me because it's outside my interests. But when it's about
topics I'm interested in, it's great. People who talk and write like
this guy are generally outside of academia and fear the thought of being
considered inferior in any way.

It's pathetic :).

Jim

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