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Whistlingwoman
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Username: Whistlingwoman
Post Number: 32
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 07:04 pm: | 
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Gawker reports that Stanley Crouch's response to one of Dale Peck's critical hatchet jobs has transformed from homophobic insults into physical violence:
A little after two o'clock today, while novelist and book critic Dale Peck was lunching with the writer Linda Yablonsky at Tartine in the West Village, jazz critic/cultural commentator/novelist Stanley Crouch decided to introduce himself. (Peck had reviewed a novel of Crouch's a few years back; in response to that review, Crouch told Salon that Peck was "a troubled queen.")
At Tartine, Crouch shook Peck's hand, then, as a follow-up, smacked him in the face, saying "if you ever did anything like that [presumably referring to the review] again, it'll be much worse."
Given that he told James Atlas last year that Peck is "a little guy" -- and that the "review he wrote of my book was really about him.... Bitchiness is his version of macho" -- |
Thumper
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Thumper
Post Number: 207
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 08:54 pm: |
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Hello All,
Now, why couldn't this had been me that Crouch slapped. I say Peck at the BEA, sitting on a panel discussing book reviews. Actually, the panel was more like one reviewer attacking Peck, professional jealousy I suspect. Very interesting. Thanks Whistlingwoman. |
Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 394
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 10:48 am: |
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Is Peck white or black? |
Whistlingwoman
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Username: Whistlingwoman
Post Number: 33
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 12:54 pm: |
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White. He's a book reviewer who has become quite famous for mean-spirited, lacerating reviews. His review of Rick Moody's last book made your draw drop. You might be able to find it online. |
Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 397
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 02:00 pm: |
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Whistlingwoman:
Well will wonders never cease! I'd never in a million years have thought Stanley would slap a white man-- |
Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 801
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 07:05 pm: |
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Hell hath no fury like an author scorned! |
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