Ah, well Sue, you've obviously already done well. let those of us who
don't know those sites have their URLs, would you?
I agree that one can 'publish' like mad just on the web, & do well that
way too. But I guess, depending on what you care about, there are some
paper zines that will remain important (although I never really wanted
to get in to The New Yorker, for example).
Certainly I read a lot on screen now. But even more, given that I have
only so much time, I still get & read books.
Doug
On 15-Feb-05, at 12:11 AM, Sue Stanford wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> Thank you. I will have to check out these sites. As you say there are
> such
> a lot. I've had some luck with Divan and Stylus Poetry Journal in
> Australia, wanderingdog and nthposition in UK, Softblow in Singapore,
> M.A.G. and Tattoo Highway in US among others. I would prefer to get to
> know
> a site in a more than superficial way if I'm going to be published
> there -
> but there's only so much I can keep up with:-) Usually I find places
> because other people tell me about them, or they are linked to sites I
> like. So although there is a great sense of freedom about using the
> internet, one is constrained (as well as guided) by 'community'
> factors.
>
> Of course there are hierarchies 'ordering' these publications, but I
> sense
> that they are fairly fluid ones with all sorts of local and special
> interest patternings. I wonder how much consensus there would be on
> this
> group about which are worth reading? How many people have moved away
> from
> paper to the screen for much of the poetry they read?
>
>
> best,
>
> Sue
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
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