Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/28

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Subject: [Leica] Susan Sontag
From: enitka1 at comcast.net (ernie nitka)
Date: Tue Dec 28 12:32:16 2004
References: <1104264930.41d1bee22fbf3@webmail.mit.edu> <6.1.0.6.2.20041228122625.05e2e8b0@192.168.100.42>

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)
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Replies: Reply from enitka1 at comcast.net (ernie nitka) ([Leica] Susan Sontag)
In reply to: Message from bdcolen at MIT.EDU (B D Colen) ([Leica] Susan Sontag)
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