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["j. alfred prufrock" <ifoufo AT yahoo.com>]

uzoma nwosu wrote:
> So I do not see anything
> positive about criticizing people who were offered the spotlight and have
> chosen to pat themselves on the back.  What purpose does that serve?

i would drop this like you asked, uzi, but i don't think the people in
the spotlight are being criticized and i don't want to end this issue
being characterized in that way. if anything, the people in the
spotlight are being victimized by an overdose of publicity. publicity by
association in your case, as this was the first time you got dragged
into the carrboro press juggernaut. if anything is being criticized
here, it's the n&o, because, as you can see, while some publicity can
feel good, too much publicity can be not a good thing, also. it skews
everything out of proportion so some people wonder what the fuss is all
about, while others think they're being criticized for being the
unwitting subjects of wonder that wonder. you deserve good press. i've
heard great things about you and your talent for a few years now. so
let's not characterize this as either the poo-pooing of carrboro or
jealousy of carrboro and then it would be fair to drop the issue.

chris calloway