Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Her name has been used in the same sentence as "philosopher". I picked up her book on photography, but haven't read it yet. It got bumped to second place over Steinbeck's Russian Journal on the last plane flight. I guess I will miss her like I will miss Norman Mailer, who is still alive. I think. Jeffery On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:38:37 -0700, ernie nitka <enitka1@comcast.net> wrote: > ON second thought I can say a few bad things about the dead - here's a few > select quotes for us to ponder: > > http://enitka.com/sontagsayings.html > > ernie > > At 01:35 PM 12/28/2004, you wrote: > >Richard - let me see which one I have at home - if you want it I can mail > >it to you for the cost of postage - I have never been a fan but of course > >I can't speak poorly of the dead > > > >ernie > > > >enitka1@comcast.net > > > >At 01:28 PM 12/28/2004, you wrote: > >>Hmm... again, as late starter on this sort of stuff, I often hear > >>criticisms of her writings but actually haven't read anything by her yet. > >>So if I were to jump in with both feet, which one of her books is the > >>most controversial (for good reasons)? > >> > >>At 12:15 PM 12/28/2004, B D Colen wrote: > >> > >>>ELowi just informed us of the death of S. Sontag, writing - > >>>"Love her or hate her, she died today at 71." > >>> > >>>Pedantic, self-important, at times so far off-base she wasn't even on > >>>the field. > >>>And yet at times so brilliantly insightful one cannot escape reading > >>>her. > >>> > >>>I don't know that she will be missed. But she will be remembered. > >> > >>// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > >>use richard at imagecraft.com) > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Leica Users Group. > >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >