Thanks, Liz and Roger. I think such things do not need to be said.
There is also the little matter of libel.
Please don't post such things on list.
Best
A
>I'm with you on this Liz.
>I only posted the info for those who might have missed it, not to
>stir up controversy.
>Jo is actually very well thought of in the NE and has been a great
>help to a lot of
>budding poets here and is also very approachable. She had a bad
>patch a year or so ago and
>was very ill, but is now well again. During this period she had to
>drop a lot of
>engagements and this did not help. She was unaware of the illness
>and so tried to work
>through it, not helping matters at all. Good luck to her with the
>CBE (Commander of the
>Order of the British Empire btw) following in the footsteps of Carol
>Ann Duffy last year.
>
>Roger.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Liz Kirby" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 11:52 AM
>Subject: Re: New Year Honours List
>
>
>> "Sorry to mention these things, but they need to be said."
>>
>> I am not sure they do really Dave - since everything you say is conjecture
>> and hearsay. I wouldnt want my work in Stoke suject to that kind of
>> evaluation.
>>
>> Poets generally work without recognition or hope of a 'career' in my
>> experience. If getting an honour like this means Jo S gets more readers or
>> more attention for a while, well then good luck to her!
>>
>> I am with Alison on this, I do think that the great strength of poety is
>> that it is an engagement with language that can happen at the margins, in
>> the uncertain and contested spaces were real thinking and change can take
>> place. Poets who are focussed on recognition and 'honours' will soon find
>> themselves up a dead end. But I dont see any reason not to enjoy a bit of a
>> party when the chance comes along!
>>
>> Liz
>>
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