https://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/bonfire/ The official website of the New York-based composer Nico Muhly. Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:28:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 https://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/bonfire/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:28:56 +0000 http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/bonfire/#comment-131 Danny, it seems you didn’t get my tongue-in-cheekiness, did you? It’s Said who’s actually generalising (all countries have a chaotic history).

]]> https://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/bonfire/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:05:38 +0000 http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/bonfire/#comment-115 Yes, I see your point, Danny. No wonder I nearly failed freshman comp (but did very well in logic). Perhaps I should have become a mathematician rather than a writer after all …

]]> https://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/bonfire/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:14:17 +0000 http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/bonfire/#comment-114 Lee–I think Said’s suggesting that, if a comment Miller makes about Syria could just as easily apply to any country, it’s padding the sentence. Any freshman comp instructor would have annotated the margins of this limp and useless passage in pretty much the same way.

]]> https://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/bonfire/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:26:10 +0000 http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/bonfire/#comment-113 that last picture is gorgeous, how odd to be in a place that is perpetually dayish.

]]> https://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/bonfire/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:08:37 +0000 http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/bonfire/#comment-112 Unfortunately, Said’s comments on Miller aren’t particularly logical or incisive. Where, for example, does she state or even imply that only Syria has a chaotic history?

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