Posted on 04/06/2010 9:52:57 PM PDT by CanGyrene
Frontpage Interviews guest today is David Solway, the award-winning author of over twenty-five books of poetry, criticism, educational theory, and travel. He is a contributor to magazines as varied as The Atlantic, the Sewanee Review, Books in Canada, and the Partisan Review. His book, The Big Lie: On Terror, Antisemitism, and Identity, was a Canadian bestseller. A former leftist, he abandoned the political faith after 9/11. He is the author of the new book, Hear, O Israel!
FP: David Solway, welcome to Frontpage Interview.
Congratulations on your new book.
I would like to talk to you today about some of the difficulties you have suffered as an ex-leftie in our literary culture. Tell us a bit about how you are being treated as an author and poet and the challenges you are facing with your new book.
Solway: Let me begin by distinguishing between the person and the writer. As a person, Ive experienced my share of problems, like any conservative in todays liberal-left culture. Long-standing friendships have gone by the board. Discussions become quarrels. The attempt to articulate ones conservative principles meet with incomprehension, disbelief or outright ridiculeand even ostracism.
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Excellent interview. Worth reading in its entirety.
Canada seems to be turning into quite an ugly country.
Yes... bookmarking for future review.
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