Comments on: The truth behind Jay Murray Siskind’s review of David Foster Wallace http://www.samplereality.com/2009/07/19/the-truth-behind-jay-murray-siskinds-review-of-david-foster-wallace/ cybergnitohidinginaholeami Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:35:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lars Garvey http://www.samplereality.com/2009/07/19/the-truth-behind-jay-murray-siskinds-review-of-david-foster-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-3178 Lars Garvey Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:07:23 +0000 http://www.samplereality.com/?p=506#comment-3178 I hope that the editors of <i>Modernism/Modernity</i> found space for Jay Murray Siskind’s essay instead of made space at a real scholar's expense. That said, the Paul Auster joke in the response letter was amazing. I am glad only my roommate was around to witness my ridiculous laugh (and because he also appreciated the "get to work, Max Work, immediately" line, being an Auster fan himself). I hope that the editors of Modernism/Modernity found space for Jay Murray Siskind’s essay instead of made space at a real scholar’s expense.

That said, the Paul Auster joke in the response letter was amazing. I am glad only my roommate was around to witness my ridiculous laugh (and because he also appreciated the “get to work, Max Work, immediately” line, being an Auster fan himself).

]]> By: Oncomouse http://www.samplereality.com/2009/07/19/the-truth-behind-jay-murray-siskinds-review-of-david-foster-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-3059 Oncomouse Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:23:22 +0000 http://www.samplereality.com/?p=506#comment-3059 How is this funny?  Publication in <em>Modernism / Modernity </em>can often make a difference in terms of both hiring and tenure decisions w/in the field of modernism.  While the editors of the journal may feel that it's okay to waste publication space that could have been devoted to someone who needs the CV boost of an <em>M/M </em>publication on an off-topic, unfunny lark, it doesn't seem so funny to someone who may be trying to get a real article published in their pages or someone who is constantly told that the best way to make it in modernist studies is by publication in the pages of <em>M/M</em>.  The whole incident (and the editors continuing practice of treating the editing of an "important" journal as a gigantic joke) bespeaks the entire lack of professionalism that I've seen throughout modernism, as a field.  It seems that professors Rainey and Devarenne have forgotten that publishing a scholarly journal is not the same thing as publishing a fun literary magazine or some kind of blog: journals like <em>Modernism/Modernity</em> are supposed to serve an important professional function, which is esp. the case w/ a journal that is as widely discussed as being make-or-break as <em>M/M</em>. How is this funny?  Publication in Modernism / Modernity can often make a difference in terms of both hiring and tenure decisions w/in the field of modernism.  While the editors of the journal may feel that it’s okay to waste publication space that could have been devoted to someone who needs the CV boost of an M/M publication on an off-topic, unfunny lark, it doesn’t seem so funny to someone who may be trying to get a real article published in their pages or someone who is constantly told that the best way to make it in modernist studies is by publication in the pages of M/M.  The whole incident (and the editors continuing practice of treating the editing of an “important” journal as a gigantic joke) bespeaks the entire lack of professionalism that I’ve seen throughout modernism, as a field.  It seems that professors Rainey and Devarenne have forgotten that publishing a scholarly journal is not the same thing as publishing a fun literary magazine or some kind of blog: journals like Modernism/Modernity are supposed to serve an important professional function, which is esp. the case w/ a journal that is as widely discussed as being make-or-break as M/M.

]]> By: HTMLGIANT / Emails from ‘The Littlest Literary Hoax’ http://www.samplereality.com/2009/07/19/the-truth-behind-jay-murray-siskinds-review-of-david-foster-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-3032 HTMLGIANT / Emails from ‘The Littlest Literary Hoax’ Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:48:54 +0000 http://www.samplereality.com/?p=506#comment-3032 [...] Sample’s follow-up post in response to an open letter written by the editor and former editor ... [...] [...] Sample’s follow-up post in response to an open letter written by the editor and former editor … [...]

]]> By: Cute Literary Mini-Hoax Goes (seemingly) Unnoticed for Years « the anxiety of influence http://www.samplereality.com/2009/07/19/the-truth-behind-jay-murray-siskinds-review-of-david-foster-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-2613 Cute Literary Mini-Hoax Goes (seemingly) Unnoticed for Years « the anxiety of influence Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:08:54 +0000 http://www.samplereality.com/?p=506#comment-2613 [...] editors (at the time) of Modernism/Modernity got in touch with Professor Sample with their sly mea culpa and all is again well with the world.  It’s not too surprising that a journal–even one [...] [...] editors (at the time) of Modernism/Modernity got in touch with Professor Sample with their sly mea culpa and all is again well with the world.  It’s not too surprising that a journal–even one [...]

]]> By: Matthew Gaughan http://www.samplereality.com/2009/07/19/the-truth-behind-jay-murray-siskinds-review-of-david-foster-wallace/comment-page-1/#comment-2551 Matthew Gaughan Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:00:25 +0000 http://www.samplereality.com/?p=506#comment-2551 In the past week, I've gone from being the mere managing editor of an academic journal to a coy member of an inscrutable monolith. It's been an enjoyable, if bewildering, transition. In the past week, I’ve gone from being the mere managing editor of an academic journal to a coy member of an inscrutable monolith. It’s been an enjoyable, if bewildering, transition.

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