2004-12-23
PERSONAS
Jack Newfield 1938-2004 |
I've been reading Jack Newfield's writings ever since I first discovered the Village Voice from a beatnik lady who frequented the pharmacy where I stocked shelves when I was age 12 |
It wasn't until 1969, however, that I so recalled an article he wrote that I saved it in a scrapbook I'd been keeping | While the book is long gone [alas] one recollection of the piece has stayed with me |
The recollection is that if you are so alienated from the culture in which you live that you cannot stand it, then you had better be prepared to offer some alternative | At the time, this struck me as genius |
It still does | Jack will be greatly missed |
Jack Newfield 1938-2004 |
I've been reading Jack Newfield's writings ever since I first discovered the Village Voice from a beatnik lady who frequented the pharmacy where I stocked shelves when I was age 12 |
It wasn't until 1969, however, that I so recalled an article he wrote that I saved it in a scrapbook I'd been keeping | While the book is long gone [alas] one recollection of the piece has stayed with me |
The recollection is that if you are so alienated from the culture in which you live that you cannot stand it, then you had better be prepared to offer some alternative | At the time, this struck me as genius |
It still does | Jack will be greatly missed |
SITES BY OR ABOUT JACK NEWFIELD: Jack Newfield | Eve Berliner's A Journalist of Sacred Rage | John Nichols Newfield's Passionate Journalism | Newsday's Obituary | NPR's Loss of a Prolific Muckraker | and not to be forgotten the Village Voice's Tribute |
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