Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - V.S. Naipaul on the Arab Spring, Authors He Loathes, etc

well, now. can you say, some men writers, writing as men, have put
forward superlative literature??
(chidi, i think you have to eat those words!)
ken

On 12/15/12 8:20 AM, Chidi Anthony Opara wrote:
> "I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know
> whether it is by a woman or not. I think [it is] unequal to me"
> --------V.S Naipual
>
> The above Naipaul sneer, in my opinion is a non issue. Some female
> writers, while writing as women, have been known to put forward
> superlative literature.
> Moreover, it is even impossible to completely mask one's gender as a
> writer.
>
> ---------CAO.
>
>
> On 14 Dec, 04:07, "Emeagwali, Gloria (History)"
> <emeagw...@mail.ccsu.edu> wrote:
>> ("I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not. I think [it is] unequal to me").
>>
>> What do you expect of such a bigot?
>>
>> Professor Gloria Emeagwali
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>> Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - V.S. Naipaul on the Arab Spring, Authors He Loathes, etc
>>
>> VS Naipaul must really be in the winter of his life. This interview is innocent of the old fighting Naipaul, innocent of substance really...
>> http://www.tnr.com/article/110946/vs-naipaul-the-arab-spring-authors-...
>>
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