![]() This is a class of person I wish to leave off being. The sophistication may rub off and next time they won’t be caught unaware of this good wine year in Portugal or that important new poet. He or she at least knows enough to know that they are being patronised. There is a certain class of person here in the US who feels more sophisticated when being out-snobbed by, for example, the waiter in an arty restaurant, or the clerk in a bookstore. But after reading the correspondence on 11 September, I am clearer about why I need to let the LRB go. I will miss articles which show me why Italo Svevo or Thomas Gray are writers I should care about I will miss Jenny Diski. ![]() Instead I am savouring my LRB as I let the subscription run out. ![]() I am a US reader who has not cancelled my subscription.
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