Elisa New: uncertainty

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…If we think about America, it’s the world’s wealthiest nation, most powerful nation. It has a disproportionate share of the top universities, including, of course, Harvard. Is this going to mean that, in essence, most things American are overrated? More people read English, so if you’re an American author or American poet, people will study you. They will write about you, and compared to, say, Neruda and Mistral from Chile, or writers, poets from other parts of the world, American artists, maybe they’re all overrated, overpriced. Do you agree? I don’t know. I’m having trouble with these valuation questions that American poets are overpriced . . . American movies, American artworks. There’s simply more money chasing after them and more attention because we’re America.…

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