Quotes by Joan Holden

“James has become, in effect, an apostle of the free market, selling Third World governments a vision of boundless riches that comes from Western-style economic development. The free market gospel America preaches today is like the Christian gospel the Spanish friars preached in the New World. It cloaks a brutal pursuit of national economic self-interest.”

“She was a very generous, serious and thoughtful critic and arts reporter. She didnt write like anybody else. She had such a personal voice. She wrote novels, too, which most people dont know. Theyre not published, but what really struck me about them were her powers of describing landscapes and plants, this extraordinary sensitivity to natural beauty.”

“Shes very smart and shes been able to do things. Shes got friends here and a job cleaning buildings so she could do it, but shes scared. I want to help her get back to a more independent situation.”