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  • I think scholars in the future will look at our period and say it was a time when almost all the poetry had tunes again, and some smartass wellread student will say "But what about Theodora Goss?" and they'll say "Well yes, of course, there are always brilliant exceptions, but really, most of the things published as poetry in those decades were weird intellectual exercises about Buddhists in hardware stores."

    The Witch's Sister Theodora Goss 2008

  • So what does Comcast say… wellread more | digg ...

    Dear Comcast, Why Is My DVR So Dumb? 2008

  • Williams had seen Tom one time, years go, when Tom had come in off the street long enough to talk; a bright boy, an alert boy, well-mannered and wellread.

    The Machineries of Joy Bradbury, Ray, 1920- 1949

  • I think a useful comparative study can be made by studying all similar kinds of writings together!! on this specific point you mentioned "am not suggesting that those that did not stand for change were reactionaries, but the fact remains that they were not for change and this is reflected in their attitude to woman as beloved as wellread or listen to chaudhvin ka chaand etc or read or listen to Aur bhi Gham Hain Zamane mein mohabbatke siwa, Chand roz aur meri jaan faqt chand hi roz, meri mahboob kahin aur mila kar mujh se etc" … I am not too sure women, and beloved were looked at in any better manner by either group that you mention … … the objectification in one where the woman's beauty (in Shakeel's) and even body (like in Sahir's) was very important aspect of poetry. .was merely replaced by rejection for more idealistic goals of society.

    Kafila 2009

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