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"Unvarnished." (Phi Beta Cons)
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(Tenured Radical)

Sunday, October 01, 2006

I'm Not Sure the Book
The Trouble With Diversity...

...is so necessary (to use the language the book's author uses to describe the woman in his life, in dedicating the book to her... And why did UD's skin crawl at this dedication?... 'To My Wife: So Necessary.'...? Because it puts rather unfair pressure on the poor thing? Is she so necessary that if she keels over from a heart attack he'll expire on top of her because there's no sense going on? The author's So Necessary seems to boast that the rest of us, who find our mates right as rain, to be sure, but not perhaps SO necessary as the author finds his, can never attain this... this liebestod ...) as to justify a major book event about it on the wonderful group blog, The Valve. But they've gathered an intriguing bunch of articles by Michaels, and by commentators on his work (UD's one of them), and it's worth a look.
Posted at: 10/01/2006 11:21:00 PM