http://www.larissalai.com/2010/02/28/coming-round-the-mountain/ Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.larissalai.com/2010/02/28/coming-round-the-mountain/comment-page-1/#comment-5026 Janice Williiamson Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:34:34 +0000 http://www.larissalai.com/2010/02/28/coming-round-the-mountain/#comment-5026 You write: "How are we to understand that/those generative sites in relation to for the specificities of embodied experience—for Charles Bernstein after the loss of his daughter, for Lance Olsen after the murder of Theo Van Gogh, for Ayan Hirsi Ali, for young feminists in a still-patriarchal world, for Maria Damon and Adeena Karasick finding new, strong voices in collaboration? I think that some of the cultural work done by earlier conferences in the 90s could be productively brought back to the table—It’s a Cultural Thing, and Writing Through Race.".....I repeat this to suggest how important this seems on reading your excellent review of this gathering. For those of us who couldn't be there, it's very helpful to read insightful accounts such as yours -- you spell out what is at stake...Thanks. You write: “How are we to understand that/those generative sites in relation to for the specificities of embodied experience—for Charles Bernstein after the loss of his daughter, for Lance Olsen after the murder of Theo Van Gogh, for Ayan Hirsi Ali, for young feminists in a still-patriarchal world, for Maria Damon and Adeena Karasick finding new, strong voices in collaboration? I think that some of the cultural work done by earlier conferences in the 90s could be productively brought back to the table—It’s a Cultural Thing, and Writing Through Race.”…..I repeat this to suggest how important this seems on reading your excellent review of this gathering. For those of us who couldn’t be there, it’s very helpful to read insightful accounts such as yours — you spell out what is at stake…Thanks.

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