> > and anyway if preadolescents like him he must be really great.
> >
> > Mark
> >
And, er, belatedly doubletaking on this:
Young people don't uniformly go for Britney Spears. They can even
demonstrate intelligence and taste on occasion. I would not myself
dismiss the work that inspires young people to a serious interest in
poetry - the kind that lasts all your life, and inspires curiosity and
passion - with some kind of superior or patronising "adultness". I've
seen enthusiasms too easily crushed that way.
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