tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885030461453445667.post2593900381872710674..comments2023-05-29T07:04:20.186-07:00Comments on Elsewhere: In Morocco with WifeMarcello Di Cintiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12365971460073801176noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885030461453445667.post-24401216336346021802008-04-20T09:02:00.000-07:002008-04-20T09:02:00.000-07:00I never made the link between poetry/wrestling and...I never made the link between poetry/wrestling and the act of travel writing. That is really compelling.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for keeping me on your syllabus. It is good to know that somebody out there is still reading the book. Buying it, even. <BR/><BR/>MMarcello Di Cintiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365971460073801176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885030461453445667.post-65096242808417799822008-04-19T18:41:00.000-07:002008-04-19T18:41:00.000-07:00Yes, the students did enjoy Poets & Pahlevans, and...Yes, the students did enjoy Poets & Pahlevans, and it fit nicely into the overall vision of my course. It was the mysticism of poetry and wrestling that caught the attention of my students. In a way the poetry and wrestling are a metaphor for travel writing itself,a genre that combines the self-reflection of the mind with the exertion of muscle on the open road. <BR/><BR/>Many of them could not put the book down, and they found your narrative voice quite accessible. I think this is what fascnicated students them the most. They appreciated the honesty in your narration. <BR/><BR/>I am definitely going to keep Poets & Pahlevans on the syllabus for next year as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885030461453445667.post-11279686531114205132008-04-19T02:59:00.000-07:002008-04-19T02:59:00.000-07:00Thanks for writing, Phillip. I am honoured and sur...Thanks for writing, Phillip. I am honoured and surprised that you use my book for your class. Some of my early writing found its way into an Ontario textbook a few years back, but as far as I know you are the first to 'teach' my work. I hope your students enjoyed the book.Marcello Di Cintiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365971460073801176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885030461453445667.post-39112767107597985822008-04-18T12:49:00.000-07:002008-04-18T12:49:00.000-07:00Hey Marcello, A friend of mine still raves about ...Hey Marcello,<BR/><BR/> A friend of mine still raves about the shaves he received in Egpyt. <BR/><BR/>I have been reading your blog for awhile now, and I am looking forward to your new book.<BR/><BR/>I teach a college course on issues in Contemporary Travel Writing in Montreal, and my students have just finished studying Poets & Pahlevans. Has anyone taught your work before? <BR/><BR/>All the best,<BR/><BR/>Philip D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com