i'm on a few other poetry lists: poetics from buffalo, canpoetics from
canada, the ubu list.
british poets is of course mainly british; poetics from buffalo is mainly
american and even more geographically specific in that there's a
preponderance of voices from the north-east of the usa; canpoetics is
another 'nationally-focussed' list or maybe toronto and vancouver centred.
the ubu list is triangulated between new york, buffalo, and toronto,
predominantly.
have been wondering about the locality/regional/national aspects of poetry
and art more generally contrasted with the internationalist possibilities of
networked media.
is it the poetry of poets from your geographic area that is most relevant to
you? that you know best? are we moving from regionalism/nationalism to a
stronger international dimension to poetry and art?
locality/regional issues are not going to fade away into the woodwork, of
course, and i suppose there's good reason for it. as long as we distinguish
between regionalism and nationalism in art. it seems to me there's more of
use in regionalism than nationalism. given the particularity of art and also
given the political toxicity of many forms of nationalism.
anyway, just wanted to drop a line and say thank you for the british poets
list; it's great to read what you are doing/thinking/experiencing/feeling
and participate a bit with you in that.
happy new year from the west coast of canada.
ja
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