tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post945872332630450087..comments2024-03-03T13:55:46.243-08:00Comments on Ambling Along the Aqueduct: A Reading HolidayTimmi Duchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00673465487533328661noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-79935946875867488862010-03-17T10:19:06.223-07:002010-03-17T10:19:06.223-07:00Thanks for pointing me to Timmi's essay--a gre...Thanks for pointing me to Timmi's essay--a great one!Andrea Hairstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533238589541221316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-30638819305464378132010-03-16T21:45:16.643-07:002010-03-16T21:45:16.643-07:00Geez, it sounds like "the next Octavia Butler...Geez, it sounds like "the next Octavia Butler" is the new "the new <i>Invisible Man</i>" (a label that <i>still</i> shows up in blurbs for minority-authored novels). That kind of reductiveness is far from harmless, as I learned from Tariq Ali's work on how the US labels each of its enemies "the new Hitler." It prescribes a whole set of well-rehearsed cognitive and emotional responses/expectations. And by implication, excludes other possibilities. Oy. I'm reminded of Timmi's argument about the restrictiveness of <a href="http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/passion/full/" rel="nofollow">public readings</a>. And of people who just don't get Karen Joy Fowler.<br /><br />Nu, I went and bought Nora's book at your recommendation. Thanks!Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914730499199048197noreply@blogger.com