He poured it out without stint/And oft, it seems, without editing
From last year: Alan Jacobs reviews Kahlil Gibran in First Things. (Via Metafilter.)
(Has anyone ever compiled a list of book reviews written as parodies of the text under discussion?)
I feel his pain. What a great way to make a point though - I almost didn't want to read all the way to the end, he was so authentic.
Posted by: Nadia | January 02, 2008 at 04:57 PM
That was wonderful (says one who resisted reading Gibran and now knows why), thank you for the link.
Posted by: udge | January 03, 2008 at 02:43 PM