Longue Duree.

I’m reading an essay for class entitled “American World Fiction in the Longue Duree” by a guy named Joseph Tabbi and in it - in reference to a whole bunch of shit you probably don’t care about - he writes, “Poets can be prophetic without being politically responsible.”

I like that sentiment very much. Essentially he is saying that you may still be right over the long term even if you get some of the details wrong. “Long Duree” is a term of art that you can look up, but basically it means in the ‘long duration’ or ‘long run’.

And - as you know - I tend to like my poets both prophetic and irresponsible anyway.

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