Volume 52, Number 10 · June 9, 2005
'Very Bad News'
By Clifford Geertz
In response to Very Bad News (March 24, 2005)
To the Editors:
In my article "Very Bad News" [NYR, March 24] I confused the names of Dominica, a small island in the Caribbean, and the Dominican Republic, the Spanish-speaking half of the island of Hispaniola, and perhaps too glibly referred to the latter as "Spanish-Indian," whereas the Indian element has long since been radically reduced. I apologize for the error.
Clifford Geertz
Princeton, New Jersey
