tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post4833427805701360291..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: On taking Kipling seriouslySteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-40716297309011243252011-06-28T14:38:11.063-07:002011-06-28T14:38:11.063-07:00Got nuthin', except that RK wrote my fave dog ...Got nuthin', except that RK wrote my fave dog story: <a href="http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_garm1.htm" rel="nofollow">Garm - a Hostage</a>. Written when a fine specimen of "bull-terrier" looked like a lithe pit bull mix, rather than today's cobby, Roman-nosed, show-ring mutant.Luisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04042236324318156854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-77577986908132490422011-06-26T18:52:01.729-07:002011-06-26T18:52:01.729-07:00You got it, Chas-- he actually seemed to argue tha...You got it, Chas-- he actually seemed to argue that the lack of evidence was suspicious--!!<br /><br />Most bios are actually pretty good-- I like Angus Wilson's. But Kipling Sahib and Peter Hopkirk's book on Kim are really rooted in India and a delight for that reason. Lib, who has actually been on the Grand Trunk Road, read and enjoyed that one recently.Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-52760934243422757862011-06-26T18:01:58.838-07:002011-06-26T18:01:58.838-07:00I read one critical bio -- Martin Seymour Smith...I read one critical bio -- Martin Seymour Smith's? -- and it seemed to be mostly about trying to argue that he was a repressed homosexual. Because if a man admires other men, you know he must be one of those.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-8317245001854036352011-06-26T15:17:06.590-07:002011-06-26T15:17:06.590-07:00Man: "What do you think of Kipling?"
Wo...Man: "What do you think of Kipling?"<br /><br />Woman: "What a rude question, I'm a decent woman and I've never Kippled!"<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com