RAT RE: Mr. William Houts

["William Houts" <houts.w@ghc.org>]

>B. I am flattered to know that Mr. Houts is familar enough with my work to 
>have so scornful opinion of it. Which of my plays, songs, poems, articles or 
>stories are you referring to, Mr. Houts -- or is it the entire body of work 
>you have evaluated?



Good point. You're probably quite a capable writer, if this latest post is any indication.  Consider me properly  chastised.
 
>But I am growing tired of this discussion, and so must you be. After all, 
>defending the status quo...it's a little easy, don't you think?


Of course defending the status quo is easy.  But in boho rat-sass free-for-alls like this one, the defense of formal constraint in art is hardly the status quo. It's much more common to see polemics which can be summarized thusly:

"I eat graham crackers for lunch and shit Michelangelo's DAVID by suppertime.


   --Bill

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