tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post3909734046930082667..comments2024-01-06T10:31:34.575-08:00Comments on Across Difficult Country: CoatesballsC. Van Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09918883799053031223noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-46126417009106290412015-10-15T20:23:43.018-07:002015-10-15T20:23:43.018-07:00More praise for the Greatest Writer Ever. https://...More praise for the Greatest Writer Ever. https://twitter.com/herandrews/status/654799686499303424Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-91454167110715839122015-08-02T22:38:58.032-07:002015-08-02T22:38:58.032-07:00Steve Sailor shares his review of the New James Ba...Steve Sailor shares his review of the New James Baldwin :<br /><br />http://takimag.com/article/the_first_rule_of_white_club_steve_sailer#axzz3hj9w2BGHMercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-15299645783111067122015-07-30T10:12:50.553-07:002015-07-30T10:12:50.553-07:00"My artistice influences are--Mobb Deep, Fitz..."<a href="https://twitter.com/tanehisicoates/status/626561394591301632" rel="nofollow">My artistice influences are--Mobb Deep, Fitzgerald, Shakespeare</a>."<br /><br />I don't know if "artistice" is a typo or a negro neologism like "shizznit" or "crunk".C. Van Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918883799053031223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-1342312528787968982015-07-29T15:37:33.956-07:002015-07-29T15:37:33.956-07:00"For example, Ta-Nehisi Coates, now anointed ..."For example, Ta-Nehisi Coates, now anointed as James Baldwin’s heir by Toni Morrison, is formally classified as a celebrated writer. However, the particulars of his reception in our moment reveal that Coates is, in the Naciremian sense, a priest. Coates is “revered,” as New York magazine aptly puts it, as someone gifted at phrasing, repeating, and crafting artful variations upon points that are considered crucial—that is, scripture. Specifically, Coates is celebrated as the writer who most aptly expresses the scripture that America’s past was built on racism and that racism still permeates the national fabric." ~~http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/27/antiracism-our-flawed-new-religion.htmlMercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-47433394272993641122015-07-19T10:56:10.849-07:002015-07-19T10:56:10.849-07:00Some praising Coates are so lacking in discernment...Some praising Coates are so lacking in discernment they sincerely believe he’s a great writer and profound thinker, they are less contemptible than his venerators who are pretending.C. Van Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918883799053031223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-18017991382273320912015-07-17T20:56:50.830-07:002015-07-17T20:56:50.830-07:00""Must read" doesn't even come ...""Must read" doesn't even come close"---A.O. Scott's twit.<br /><br />You're damn right - "must read" doesn't come close.Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-75924117621812225882015-07-17T20:54:22.806-07:002015-07-17T20:54:22.806-07:00“I’ve been wondering who might fill the intellectu... “I’ve been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me after James Baldwin died,” [Toni] Morrison had written. “Clearly it is Ta-Nehisi Coates.”<br /><br />Good Lord! What's that sound I hear - I think it is Tolstoy and James Baldwin rolling over in their respective graves.Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-6476921040995501682015-07-17T15:46:10.427-07:002015-07-17T15:46:10.427-07:00That's really funny. There are too many to exc...That's really funny. There are too many to excerpt, it's one giant Coatesball.C. Van Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918883799053031223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9457805.post-76050680906503140772015-07-17T15:38:20.319-07:002015-07-17T15:38:20.319-07:00"...the place of Wu-Tang in the canon. A dude..."...the place of Wu-Tang in the canon. A dude..."<br />Gutenburghttp://www.thenewvictorian.orgnoreply@blogger.com