I wonder if I might ask this "old" question:
Whom do poets write for? What is the "audience" we seek
to communicate with?
Tom
>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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