Lawrence Upton. wrote:
> When I started Mainstream, I also proposed, The Mainstream a magazine, which
> would attempt to address the fact of English as a global set
>
> I advertised it, within my severe limits of finance, quite extensively
>
> I got, um, no response at all; and I have no dropped the idea of such a
> magazine
Maybe it's an idea whose time has come, however, for one magazine to
hope to carry it all seems like a lot of freight. One has to subscribe
to many mags, especially when far from a decent library, to get a sense
of the range of possibilities & practices. Then, I find, just a few if
I'm lucky in any mag, whether assigned to a tributary or a main stream,
that really excite.
On the subject of Millenial anthology projects: is Joris & Rothenberg's
"Poems for the Millenium" out in Britain? It goes beyond the Englishes
to incorporate translations from ?all? cultures seen to be significant
to the postmodernist enterprise. As a volume laying the groundwork, V 1
does not feature many Irish/Brits (Blake, Lawrence, Sitwell, Bunting,
MacDiarmid, Joyce, Yeats, Loy [do we yet claim her for English?] & -
cited but not quoted, Faber asking too much money?? - David Jones). Is
Vol 2 out yet/soon/anyone know?
A series of anthologies such as the Re/Actives from Iain Sinclair would
be needed: Penguin Modern Poets is there but not diverse enough. This
cyberspace technology could also provide a fluid enough forum, though I,
for one, still need to get that parcel of books, peek, sniff & generally
slaver over them!
The first trio for a Reactivated series: Prynne, Geoffrey Hill & Ian
Hamilton Finlay.
Enough of your time, all best,
Pete.
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