I am mindful, in respect of all this, of a Shakespoke quote:
(not aimed at you btw Henry)
'a plague on both your houses'
Best
Mercutio
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From: "Henry" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: JG (my father's initials)
> Hejinian said Language Poetry is not a style.
> There are Language Poets, each with their own styles.
> It's a matter of worldview & commitment, my friends.
> It's not about to be co-opted.
> Not by Jorie Graham & Helen Vendler, no way.
> Actually that would be coming full circle, because
> there are some similarities between the New Critics &
> the Language Poets. Helen V. is a New Critic's critic.
> Jorie G. is her protege. The autonomy of "Language"
> as opposed to speech meets in Academia-Mandarin Central.
>
> The radical Word meets the autonomous Poem
> somewhere in late-20th Hahvahd Yahd (east of I-o-way).
>
> - Henry
>
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