If Lind subscribes to Poetryetc, he'll be just that: a subscriber. This
means he'll be held to the same standards of civility that must prevail on
an unmoderated discussion list such as ours for everyone from lurker to
conversation-monopolizer, for the occasional announcement poster as for the
polemicist.
As far as list projects and publication go, these are the domain of
Poetryetc's editorial board and publisher (Salt), although project proposals
are certainly welcome from listees. So, thanks for the offer to edit this
thread for publication, Kent, but that won't be necessary, and, while a very
good discussion is certainly under way, I don't see anything in it
project-wise myself. Nor do I see what Michael Lind could contribute to a
poetry list or discussion of metrics in particular, since he seems so
unfamiliar with the field. But he's welcome to subscribe to the list if he
subscribes to its tenets and observes its few policies.
This seems like a good moment to mention that Chris Emery has had to step
down from the board for reasons to do with job and family demands, and I'm
sure that longtime Poetryetceteras will share Alison's and my own regret at
seeing Chris go and will want to join us in wishing him all the best. On the
upside, we're very pleased that Randolph Healy has accepted our invitation
to join the board. So, fare-thee-well, Chris, and many thanks from all of us
for everything you've contributed to Poetryetc from its beginnings--and
welcome, er, aboard, Randolph!
Cheers,
Candice
on 7/9/01 12:55 PM, kent johnson at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> In an age where Jorie Graham and Allen Ginsberg are considered great poets,
> says Lind, it's no surprise that Shakespeare is so grossly overrated... (see
> article below)
>
> Anyway, I've got the man's email. He is impressively prolific (books of
> history, sociology, novels, and poetry) and is on editorial boards of New
> Yorker, New Republic, and Harper's, and a regular on T.V. talking-head
> shows. And the fellow's 33 or 34 years old. He is quoted in an article as
> identifying himself as a "polemicist" and saying that since there is only "a
> right position and a wrong one" that the art of polemics "is to write your
> opponents off the page."
>
> OK, get ready if he says yes...
>
> http://www.newamerica.net/articles/Lind/ml-NewLeader-7-12-99.htm
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