tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post6486962531208139327..comments2024-03-14T02:24:22.876-07:00Comments on Essay Daily: Talk About the Essay: The Kenyon Review is a Serious JournalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post-7808238332530670662010-10-09T09:25:06.017-07:002010-10-09T09:25:06.017-07:00I dunno. I don't think that really all that ma...I dunno. I don't think that really all that many people will care. A good, honest post with serious analysis and investigation, even if it's not all positive, is more respectful to the writers and journals discussed than one that pulls its punches.Anderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162102610439637214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post-74865525533130548342010-10-06T14:30:02.582-07:002010-10-06T14:30:02.582-07:00Also - it is probably good not to use real names, ...Also - it is probably good not to use real names, since somebody back East right now is screaming - in their best Hollywood mogul impersonation - "You'll NEVER publish in this town again!"Kirk Wislandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631610091264855313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004423696675838467.post-37541008631755214372010-10-06T14:27:57.953-07:002010-10-06T14:27:57.953-07:00No, I think you pretty much nailed it on the head....No, I think you pretty much nailed it on the head. This is serious stuff. Like...Metamucil and...falling asleep on the Sunday couch watching golf. <br /><br />The Charles Johnson piece was the only one that had a pulse, that had any emotion to it - the only one I wished had been longer. And I suspect if it hadn't been an ode to August Wilson it would have never seen the light of day. That would be the great test - if you stripped the names out and resubmitted it, what would be your odds of getting a rejection slip?<br /><br />I thought the Hemingway/Orwell and Bellows essays read like extended abstracts for dissertations. Whatever the bare minimum of creativity we expect in order to bestow the "Creative" modifier ahead of the word "Nonfiction," I felt like these two strained credulity and read like academic work. Not that they weren't without their charms - just that those charms are a bit musty New England library tweed and pipe-smoking for my tastes.<br /><br />I will say that reading one of these and dozing through the other two makes me cherish my KR rejection slip that much more.Kirk Wislandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631610091264855313noreply@blogger.com