... Ed Champion boldly gets to the heart of the Alain de Botton story by ... getting in touch with Alain de Botton:
Alain de Botton Clarifies the Caleb Crain Response.
Alain de Botton on Responding to Critics.
Exactly why doesn't some enterprising editor of some prominent publication hire Ed as that publication's literary critic?
Whiny, mewling, much-ado-about-nothing pissing matches like this give one renewed respect for carpenters and plumbers and letter carriers and everyone else who actually works for a living.
ReplyDeleteYou just say that because, like me, when people complained about something you wrote, you didn't give a rat's ass what they said.
ReplyDeleteIt's true, I didn't -- and don't -- give a rat's ass what people say about what I write. But I really do think there is an awful lot of unjustified petty jealousies and getting-even and complaining about one's sad lot in life among certain elements of the lit'ry dodge that people who work far harder at jobs involving heavy lifting and in lousy conditions simply do not have time for.
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