Ah, you sound the perfect poetry publisher, Mark. Pity we are in
different 'markets' (albeit that I'd love my books to be international
...) My publisher says, Give us a look. Then replies, Yes, No or
Perhaps ... for about 18 months. Grrrrr ... but the end product is
always professionally presented, and there is some dialogue with a
consultant editor. But not much ...
Androo
On 08/06/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Oh boy that's a tough one. I don't have to understand a book, but I
> do have to trust it--to have a sense that there's something to trust.
> Sincerity? integrity? The sense that within the poem the author is on
> a voyage that he doesn't know the end of, that something's being
> learned that couldn't be learned otherwise. And that there's a way
> for me to hitch a ride.
>
> I'm also as an editor often a standin for that inner audience--I work
> with my writers. Some more, some less, but I don't think I've
> published a single book that hasn't been somewhat changed in dialogue.
>
> Mark
>
> At 08:19 PM 6/7/2007, you wrote:
> >>-I just assume that if it works for me (no easy task) it will
> >>communicate.
> >
> >Yeah, as a writer, that's the way I go too, Mark. But as a publisher,
> >how to you evaluate work? Same?
> >
> >Androo
> >
> >
> >On 08/06/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>Sounds about right, tho I never know what will please that second
> >>bunch--I just assume that if it works for me (no easy task) it will
> >>communicate.
> >>
> >>Mark
> >>
> >>At 07:59 PM 6/7/2007, you wrote:
> >> >Mark writes: "the audience I write for is internal--the moment to moment
> >> >enforcer who says "no, that's the easy way, you don't mean precisely that"
> >> >or "common wisdom that you don't really believe," or "it sounds wrong,"
> >> >etc."
> >> >
> >> >Yes, that is absolutely true to my practice as well. But, at least for me,
> >> >that inner voice is aware of the needs of "an imagined other out there in
> >> >the world." So I don't think it is quite so clear cut as you make
> >> out. Maybe
> >> >what I have been trying to articulate about sincerity is the idea that
> >> >bothaudiences have to be served.
> >> >
> >> >jd
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >Joseph Duemer
> >> >Professor of Humanities
> >> >Clarkson University
> >> >[sharpsand.net]
> >
> >
> >--
> >Andrew
> >http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
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>
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