Hi Janet,
Yes, I agree that there is plenty of less rewarding stuff in little mags as
well as on the internet. I would like to be able to say everything is worth
reading once - but I'm afraid it isn't for me. Sometimes I wonder if my
skills as a reader are limited.
best, Sue
At 12:33 PM 2/17/2005, you wrote:
>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.
>
> > How many people have moved away from
> > paper to the screen for much of the poetry they read?
>
>I read both. My geographical and life situation makes the internet
>an easier way to find things, though. Also there is room for more
>on the Net. This means there is a lot of, shall we say, undeveloped poetry
>on the internet - and a lot of good stuff too.
>
>A lot of printed mags seem to me either frustratingly beige and inoffensive,
>or annoyingly posey and experimental.
>Another way of putting this is that either you can't say "fuck", or you must.
>
>Being on this list and reading everybody's work and doing the snapshots
>has improved my own poetry (of course, some people might disagree with that!)
>
>Janet
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