tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post116188622310022628..comments2023-09-25T05:45:41.437-07:00Comments on The Art of Fiction: In praise of Low BrowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post-1161890515512023662006-10-26T12:21:00.000-07:002006-10-26T12:21:00.000-07:00I admit, I'm mixing everything up here - I'm sure ...I admit, I'm mixing everything up here - I'm sure Coldplay think they're more serious/proper than Bow Wow Wow. (Though "Yellow" was as light as marshmallow, where did they go wrong?) <BR/>In search of furrowed brow poets? I'd suggest anyone who has wrote a portentous prose autobiography about their childhood, or lectures in post-colonial literature, or writes books on how to write poetry. That should narrow it down a little. Jamming in a jazz band doesn't count .Adrian Slatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13946068316432524571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post-1161889371726995702006-10-26T12:02:00.000-07:002006-10-26T12:02:00.000-07:00Are you suggesting that Coldplay is "highbrow"? An...Are you suggesting that Coldplay is "highbrow"? <BR/><BR/>And you're wrong to think Sebald isn't funny. He just doesn't make it facile and crowd-pleasing.<BR/><BR/>BTW, can you suggest some "earnest" "furrowed brow poets" so we don't confuse them with straw man stereotypes?Stephen Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.com