tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402742936831988166.post7373830091625866989..comments2023-02-11T10:26:25.411-05:00Comments on Musings from the Gunks: Thinking About Rich FolksMusings from the Gunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00515433356685213163noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402742936831988166.post-21564285121171974292016-03-14T19:07:35.103-04:002016-03-14T19:07:35.103-04:00True, MJ, but the reality is that they can come ba...True, MJ, but the reality is that they can come back to wealth/comfort so there is not the same need to figure out what's next to survive. I like the Rushdie statement. Thanks for the comment.<br />Musings from the Gunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00515433356685213163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402742936831988166.post-72479151600395778142016-03-09T20:50:36.145-05:002016-03-09T20:50:36.145-05:00Just read this in March, Tom. At least a few rich ...Just read this in March, Tom. At least a few rich who choose to can experience a short period of working class or impoverished class existence--Peace Corps, Teach for America, and others less well known. One of the many great qualities of fiction is its transporting a reader into another life. Salman Rushdie at UNC Asheville recently talked about fiction's being the one medium left for complex truths. Mary Jane Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800360329870909126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402742936831988166.post-55233176263410639072016-03-09T20:50:14.815-05:002016-03-09T20:50:14.815-05:00Just read this in March, Tom. At least a few rich ...Just read this in March, Tom. At least a few rich who choose to can experience a short period of working class or impoverished class existence--Peace Corps, Teach for America, and others less well known. One of the many great qualities of fiction is its transporting a reader into another life. Salman Rushdie at UNC Asheville recently talked about fiction's being the one medium left for complex truths. Mary Jane Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800360329870909126noreply@blogger.com