Below is the front cover of the latest issue of The American Dissident, #45, published/distributed in May 2023. Per usual, I sent it to those targeted in the sketch. Normally, silence is golden for those (cogs of the establishment) who hate debate (i.e., democracy). Surprisingly, I received one response, though it was not an intelligent one. For the brief correspondence, see below.
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May 13, 2023, 7:05 AM
To Rigoberto Gonzalez,
Attached is a satirical aquarelle front cover depicting you and a few others. Why not expose your students to it? Hell, if you did that you wouldn't be a typical academic hack...
Au plaisir,
G. Tod Slone (PhD—Université de Nantes, FR), aka P. Maudit, Founding Editor (1998)
The American Dissident, a 501c3 Nonprofit Journal of Literature, Democracy, and Dissidence
wwwtheamericandissidentorg.blogspot.com
217 Commerce Rd.
Barnstable, MA 02630
May 23, 2023, 3:43 PM
Sorry it’s taken me a bit to respond. I’m on leave. Anyway, where can I get a good print of this? I’d frame it and hang it in my office.
Regards,
Rigoberto
Rigoberto González [rigonzal@newark.rutgers.edu]
Distinguished Professor of English
Director, Rutgers-Newark MFA Program in Creative Writing
43 Bleeker St.
Newark, NJ 07102
May 25, 2023, 7:50 PM
Hola Rigoberto,
Thanks for the response. It is extremely rare for a professor to respond to my criticism. That has been my decades-long experience. Now, I have to wonder if you're joking, And if you're not, then perhaps you did not understand the aquarelle image.
Au plaisir,
G. Tod
[No further response]
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