Thanks Jon for posting that link. (And note taken of your neutrality).
Aside from the unpleasant and perhaps illuminating paranoia of his essay,
this struck me:
"Foetry.com is under attack by two groups of people. One is the poets who
have benefited from the unscrupulous behaviors we discuss, and their
defensive friends. The second is made up of those who hope to advance their
writing by defending illicit activities; after all, one day it may happen
for them ‹ if their poetry cannot stand on merit, perhaps it will be
affirmed through connections at the right cocktail party or by sucking up
this week at the Associated Writing Programs annual conference. "
Well, that's fairly comprehensive. No one else could possibly object?
But I come under neither of these groupings. I just had a look at the site
and felt repulsed because it made a joke of any idea of justice. And maybe
it offended my old journalistic ethics as well. If there is corruption and
fraud, by far the best expose would be a properly researched, properly
substantiated article in a major newspaper. Under a byline.
Cheers
A
Alison Croggon
Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
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