when i was younger and shier, i didn't say anything, just closed myself to
it all,
in the last years i have started asking people, but have you ever been to
the states? no, is the usual answer; so what do you know
how can you possibly know and judge? therefore, please david, this coming
summer (so far away i agree) see if you can get there, and only after that
build up your opinion, thank you
> Hi Frank
>
> it fascinates me that you pick up on the issue of 'prejudice', as if I, as
> an unemployed working-class Brit, was somehow an oppressor of 'poor'
> middle-class Americans, and that somehow by even voicing any concerns I
was
> beating down the richest and most powerful AND most selfish nation in the
> world.
>
> I know not everyone in the US is a redneck but the cultural imperialism of
> the States is undeniable, the evasion of that fact is the problem with US
> poetry. I could say a lot of nasty things about English or Brit verse btw,
> there's nothing partial about what I'm saying.
>
> Best
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> David Bircumshaw
>
> Leicester, England
>
> Home Page
>
> A Chide's Alphabet
>
> Painting Without Numbers
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/index.htm
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Parker" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 2:39 AM
> Subject: Re: Billy Collins/Robert Creeley (Editor)
>
>
> david.bircumshaw:
> >And it's AMERICA again, I shall of course dance around to a star-spangled
> >banner on a daily basis,
>
> Hi David,
>
> No one is waving a flag in your face. People talk about
> British/Australian/Scots
> poets/poetry/poetics/sensibilities, you name it, frequently on this List.
> Gabe is
> just speaking from his local experience and, frankly, the prejudice you
are
> showing is unwarranted and getting really old. I thought not even to
respond
> (why
> perpetuate the issue?) except to say "get over it". Your second paragraph
> detracts
> from the valid questions of your first paragraph.
>
> Not everyone this side of the pond is a knee-jerk redneck hell bent on
> cultural
> imperialism.
>
> **************************
> Frank Parker
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