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Thread #162666 Message #3897096
Posted By: Jim Carroll
03-Jan-18 - 07:27 AM
Thread Name: New Book: Folk Song in England
Subject: RE: New Book: Folk Song in England
"why describe people as hacks rather than writers, immediately there is a derogatory connotation" Because they wer bad writers Dick - they even gave their name to tabloid journalists THey have always been documented as "hacks" Jim Carroll