PEN-L message, Re: Teixeira thesis

I don't think anyone has ever said that someone is a "shit" for publishing in the Nation or implied such a thing. The Nation has seen a number of changes in its general outlook. I think it was much more to the left under Carey McWilliams and even Navasky than it is now. But it is what it is and so what. Why bring this other business into it?

BTW, I had the lead article in the Nov. 19, 1977 issue, complete with a cover illustration ("A Union is Not a Movement" about the UFW). I am still pretty proud of it. Of course, the Nation has never seen fit to review one of my books. I bitched to the editor once but got no response. Luminaries like Stanley Aronowitz have better luck.

Michael Yates

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From: Devine, James

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Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 12:46 PM

Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Teixeira thesis

The NATION is okay, or by another measure, much better than the vast majority of the US press that gets general circulation. (Gee it would be nice if pen-l-type ideas got so much hearing!) It presents a variety of different view-points, some of which are wrong (in my estimation). Its factual articles are usually pretty good. Some of the columnists are pretty good, with the average quality rising because of Christopher H's departure.

My impression, however, is that some of the attacks on the NATION aren't really on that rag itself as much as being indirect attacks on authors who publish there. (Author X must be a real sh*t to get published there!)
Jim Devine

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From: Michael Perelman [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
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Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Teixeira thesis

I canceled at the time of the Pacifica crisis. I guess I agree with what I read
there much of the time, but I find the disagreements to be particularly painful.

On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 03:33:49PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Michael Perelman wrote:
>
> >I agree with Lou that the Nation attacks on the left were despicable. I don't
> >believe, however, that the appropriate response is to demonize the Nation.
>
> Under Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation has opposed every U.S. war.
>
> Doug

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