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He does a lot of church music in England and is apparently developing a big reputation there, at least with the general public. Andy ------ Andy, Of course I wasn't offended~merely aggrieved. ;-S Glad you saw the humor of it~actually, I didn't intend to send it as is~I was writing it quickly at work when my boss walked in; the finger slipped, and off it went. I have an idea: I'm thinking this thread of emails might make a interesting essay, with a title like "Art versus the Academy," for Caveat. It would be nice to have another one of the Founders back in the pages too, especially for 
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our 20th anniversary issue. We could look the "essay" over, maybe polish it up, and post it on the website. We could open it with a link to the New Criterion article, and pretty well let our email exchange take off from there. What do you think? I'll end it with my own summing up: Creative writing groups, workshops, programs have not only made the literary world safe for mediocrity; they have made intellectual second-rateness a kind of badge of honor. What is that I hear from sea to shining sea? The baying of the literary Yahoos. Chris ------  |
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