Robin--
I post an email Jordan made to the Buffalo Poetics list last month...
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Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:12:22 -0500
Reply-To: UB Poetics discussion group <[log in to unmask]>
Sender: UB Poetics discussion group <[log in to unmask]>
From: Jordan Davis <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: this is why I am leaving
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Joe -
It was nearly two years ago I had to shut subsubpoetics down, mainly
because Microsoft ended the free listbot service, but to no small degree
also because I tired of the interventions of Richard Dillon.
I had to set a limit on my involvement with listservs. The people I wanted
to argue with had nothing to gain from a public hassle, and my actual
interest in understanding them was not strong enough to power up a simple
direct e-mail, past their initial promises to get back to me, that is.
Also, my life changed! And I found myself looking elsewhere for
validation, community, and a soapbox.
I still read the list but via the web. Rumor is it's a marked man. True?
Falsies? Also, I got really tired of wearing jeans all the time. And it
turned out there were at least as many people making a noise I wanted to
know about outside this arena as in. Know about the noise. And listen.
Phone calls to poetry. So, when are you coming to town again? Let's go
have some community.
All best,
JOrdan
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