on Mon, 23 Jul 2001 21:28:03 +0100
Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> -- well, let's just get this a little straight: it was four lists
>> and five occasions. There was Buffalo in 98. Kent the martyr for
yet another version.
>> I could go on -- but I'd make the point that the archives of Buffalo,
>> subsub [I think], british-poetry, and poetryetc are open for public
>> inspection. Fewer people will read them than will read The Kent
>> Johnson Version in VeRT, or wherever. Nevertheless, they're there to
>> be consulted.
indeed, i'd recommend the archives. the british[and irish]-poets
archives are particularly interesting.
>> This isn't an issue of censorship, it's an issue of disinformation.
i remember making public disinformation i received backchannel during
the brit-poets affair. i also remember the sender disappearing when
things got too hot.
but if anything this is an issue of heirarchical structure imposed on
public space, and the silencing of someone who dares point that out.
it's an issue of consensus struggling to dominate unfairly ...
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