Kent writes:
> Look, I don't wish to turn this into a huge thing, so this will be my
> last post on the matter(s).
Concur.
> 3) Robin Hamilton, who is fascinated by the sociology of flame
> battles on poetry listserves
... well, I'd accept that -- though it's more that I'm interested in the
general dynamics of listservs, both poetic and academic. Flamewars are
simply an exteme manifestation.
> and ever at his atavistic best to help fan
> them,
Well, I don't accept that, but then I wouldn't, would I?
> There's plenty of meaningful stuff to talk about. Let's talk (why not?)
> about putting together an international anthology of poetry dealing
> with the topic of global warming. Maybe that will cool things off.
I like that: Poets against global warming -- let's cool it.
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Robin
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