stumptown by monica drake
i dont know where to put this thread, so feel free to move it. i have to read this essay for a class, and the instructor has not sent me a way to get it. i assume hes handing it out the first class, but i wont be there, and he has excused me. i remember seeing this posted here, or on the velvet, maybe. could someone direct me to it?
thanks
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http://darkroomreview.blogspot.com
“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
Is this a craft essay?
#I have given you the fire of my youth/And the triumph o're my enemies#
i found it. no idea what got into my head. its really called stomping grounds, and it can be found here
http://www.writersdojo.org/Drake+Stomping+Ground?page=0%2C1
www.triplebeard.com
http://darkroomreview.blogspot.com
“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
ah, i have that one on my computer. if i knew that's what you were talking about i could have just emailed it to you, Chuck.
this is what i get for reading my email when im thinking about a cup of stumptown coffee. yeah, it woulda helped if i knew what i was talking about. i had it, too, once. and for whatever reason, i either erased it (which isnt like me) or it was on a computer that died, either way i totally blanked on the title.
www.triplebeard.com
http://darkroomreview.blogspot.com
“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
well, at least you got there eventually, man. it's a good little essay too.
Ha, thanks for this. I tried Googling for it before you linked it, but only got most search-returns for coffee...
#I have given you the fire of my youth/And the triumph o're my enemies#
Chuck, I know you're her friend on facebook. Did you try messaging her there for a way to get the piece? She seems pretty cool, she'll probably just email it to you.