"Gentle happening" v. Nez

I'm not allowed to write anything serious on this blog so I can't say that--whoa, I can't say that. Isn't that irritating that I'm saying that?
This weekend was too odd for me to even explain, so I won't try. Suffice it to say I hope next week everything returns to the place I know and understand.
By the way, Truman Capote totally got his place as "my favorite author" usurped by...Nez. Never thought you'd read that sentence, did you? Yep. A MONKEE is writing stuff that's blowing my mind, and I try to say that without a bias.
Which reminds me. The other day I went off about fake literature and what a waste it is. The limey knows what I'm talking about. I ranted for a bit and had to finally stop because I was coming off as more pretentious than I have any right to be. But honestly, I've sat in English classes where the people (including myself) get more divided and riled up than folks at a political rally. Ask a writer what qualifies as "literature" and then sit back and prepare for a lecture. I myself have VERY opinionated views on all this of course but I'll refrain from a diatribe because I already did that with the topic of "the music biz" earlier. (See the Paul Williams post.) Oh, but I wanted to say that in Nez's novel, he quotes Ezra Pound (one of my favorite poets): "Poetry is language charged with meaning." It made me rethink some things, vague as it is.