I forward this to the list from another with the permission of the author. I
think it is relevant to a discussion between DB and Candice earlier on this
list, but I've forgotten the name of the thread.
Roger
> In this country [USA]the poetry magazines are almost all published by
colleges. I
> have subscribed to several and really enjoyed them. They also feature
> critical articles and short stories. Two favorites are The Southern
> Review and The Georgia Review. I think the readership is limited to
> academics mostly. My opinion is that the general public could like
poetry,
> is in fact hungry for it. But they are unable to do the research to find
the
> good poetry. As a result they read things like "The Favorite Poems of
Jackie
> Kennedy." That book was on the New York Times best seller list recently.
It
> is a sad state of affairs.
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