I wish my memory for this sort of thing were better. Years ago, before
Starbuck's, before home computers, when we still wrote on rocks, there was
a US study on the buying habits of people who identified as poets. They
bought almost no poetry--they apparently were interested in
self-expression, not in the expression of others. The virtually non-buyers
were heavily weighted towards the young.
So it's been the case for a while.
Mark
At 08:26 AM 2/17/2005, you wrote:
>--- Janet Jackson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Sue S says
> > > I wonder how much consensus there would be on this
> > > group about which are worth reading?
> >
> > Everything is worth reading at least once.
> > I just wish I had the time.
>
>Yes, but there's no end of things I don't see the end
>of, because I know there's something much better to
>read (reread) and time's winged chariot, etc.
>
>As a little mag aficionado, I worry that "the youth"
>are losing interest in buying books/magazines just as
>they have in buying music, perceiving copyright as
>some hideous plot to keep them from enjoying even more
>$3.50 coffee drinks at Starbucks. Of course if I
>weren't entranced by the web myself I wouldn't be
>here.
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>David Latane
>http://www.standmagazine.org (Stand Magazine, Leeds)
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