Derek Walcott, art, and sexual harassment

[evil_fizz]

I've been meaning to write this post for several days now, and since it's the long weekend, I thought I'd finally finish it.

Derek Walcott, a winner of the Nobel Prize for literature and widely regarded as one of the world's greatest living poets, failed to be elected as the Oxford professor of poetry* last week. The honor went instead to Ruth

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[fashionablyevil]

That piece by Kelby is just bizarre. From her article, verbatim, with no excisions:

Many years ago my daughter Hannah died, so I understand how dangerous the world can be. As a mother, I can not tolerate the idea of a young woman being harassed.

I see...

[fashionablyevil]

Also, apparently it was Padel who was responsible for publicizing the charges.

[evil_fizz]

That's rather disappointing. I also find it sort of strange that people who move in those professional circles weren't already aware of Walcott's reputation. I mean, I knew about it, and I hardly move in anything approaching literary circles.

[natalia_lush]

Urrrrrrgh. Thanks for this, fizz. I hope it's Ok that I reference you here:

http://nataliaantonova.com/2009/05/28/you-know-id-say-that-this-entire-derek-walcott-thing-has-left-a-bad-taste-in-my-mouth/

[evil_fizz]

I always appreciate some link love. =)

And I really enjoyed your piece.