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From: "Sue Stanford" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 7:11 AM
Subject: Re: Hi and little magazines
Hi Sue and anyone else listening.
I think most people who have been around for a few years
will have discovered that online poetry hasn't killed off the little
magazines
just created an extra avenue for publication.
Comments I made in a talk at the Purple Patch 1999 convention still apply
It isn't a case of one or the other. Printed magazines score in a number of
ways.
a.. First they are more portable, you can stick em in your pocket read em
on the bus or in the bath. There is also the feel of the paper in your hand.
b.. Also the whole thing is there; you don't have to download each page
(though of course a screen page can be several times the length of a book
page).
c.. On the internet you might just select a few items from a magazine;
maybe the names of writers you know or titles that intrigue or just a few at
random but you probably won't read or download the whole of the magazine.
d.. With a printed magazine there is no extra effort involved to read the
piece by a poet you've never heard of.
The full text is at
http://www.nhi.clara.net/pp02.htm
An updated version of my talk will be published shortly in Sentinal.
Like many others I do now read some poetry on the Internet but prefer to
read it on paper.
When I'm at the computer I'm usually reading/writing email, sorting out web
pages or
doing non-poetic things like playing a game.
So I get away from the screen and read things from the comfort of an
armchair.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who
when finding a webpage full of interesting writing
presses the "print" key and leaves the reading for their coffee-break
so much for the vision of the paper-less office!
You may well be interested to check out some of the little magazines around
by reading some reviews
and you could do worse than starting at
http://www.nhi.clara.net/mg.htm
all the best
Gerald England
New Hope International, Haiku Talk
reviews, poetry. travel photography and more
http://www.nhi.clara.net/index.htm
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