Billy Bragg's version of the Internationale has a good first verse, and the story he tells of having been given 24 hours to write it -- by Pete Seeger, to whom apparently one did not say no -- is a good one
Just read the M. Gessen piece—thank you! I had missed that and it is breathtaking. And terrifying, of course. Also, Kiese Laymon’s revised edition of Long Division does the same “start here or here” thing with the front and back covers, though to very different effect. You know that, of course, but I can’t resist an opportunity to talk up Long Division.
I am squarely the target audience for that meme and I am grateful to you for articulating why it sucks.
Billy Bragg's version of the Internationale has a good first verse, and the story he tells of having been given 24 hours to write it -- by Pete Seeger, to whom apparently one did not say no -- is a good one
Just read the M. Gessen piece—thank you! I had missed that and it is breathtaking. And terrifying, of course. Also, Kiese Laymon’s revised edition of Long Division does the same “start here or here” thing with the front and back covers, though to very different effect. You know that, of course, but I can’t resist an opportunity to talk up Long Division.
I am squarely the target audience for that meme and I am grateful to you for articulating why it sucks.