Mixed Reviews for Stanley Crouch

Stanley Crouch’s singular goal appears to be to perform some sort of a sadomasochistic ritual on the black race, in particular black literary figures (“Crouch to the Contrary,” May 21).

Nothing is cheaper than an analysis of a problem with no problem- solving plan of action behind it. Crouch’s observations have degenerated to so much gibberish, given the absence of any solutions. Rather than offering solutions, he is spewing a form of literary cancer exactly like the forms he attacks--i.e., works emasculating the black male.

MARGIE FAIR

Los Angeles