This thread is for discussions of Harper's between Vinny and Bukdow. Others are welcome to participate but you must actually read the periodical.

Mr. Bukdow, what did you think of Mark Slouka's essay in the latest issue? Though I can't say I'm completely on board with some of his elitist tendencies (despite his attempts to play those off as simply being misunderstood by the ignorance of the masses...), he does raise some great points, many of which I've thought quite a bit about lately. Your thoughts?

Am I allowed to read this conversation if I don't read Harper's?

This thread is simply Bazaar.

Get it? Ahhh fuck y'all.

Mr. Bukdow, what did you think of Mark Slouka's essay in the latest issue? Though I can't say I'm completely on board with some of his elitist tendencies (despite his attempts to play those off as simply being misunderstood by the ignorance of the masses...), he does raise some great points, many of which I've thought quite a bit about lately. Your thoughts?
Is this supposed to be a trick question? The latest issue is March 2009, and I think the essay in question is from February 2009 -- here, right?

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/02/0082362

http://www.newheadnews.com/harpers.slouka/index.html

Is this supposed to be a trick question? The latest issue is March 2009, and I think the essay in question is from February 2009 -- here, right?

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/02/0082362

http://www.newheadnews.com/harpers.slouka/index.html

I don't have the March issue yet.

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people." -H.L. Mencken, making Mark Slouka look like a second-rate wannabe roughly a century ago.