You know, as soon as I wrote that, I thought, "I'd better check that..."
Which begs the question "Why am I familiar with the *News Weekly*?" The
obvious and painfully punnish answer being that I have catholic tastes.
I may have confused him with Bill James, but Dr Bill Anderson is a regular
letter writer to the newspapers, so I may have glanced something in the *News
Weekly.*
Bill James's literary tastes would be interesting.
Caleb
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Wow - really?!
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Caleb Cluff<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I 'm relatively sure Bill Anderson is a regular contributor to
> > http://www.newsweekly.com.au/ that progressive journal of the National
> Civic
> > Council.
> >
> > Caleb
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, two of mine too. I just went cross-eyed when I read what the blog
> >> was saying, soberly debating whether poetry ought to rhyme or not.
> >> Rundle isn't a literary figure, he's a political commentator, but
> >> judging by these two pieces, he knows more about contemporary
> >> Australian poetry than the editor of the ALR.
> >>
> >> Fresh off the back of a stimulating debate about cross-racial casting
> >> in Australian theatre, which maybe accounts for my depressed response.
> >> (It even made it to the Guardian today,
> >>
> >>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2009/aug/06/birthday-party-australia
> >> , with the usual colonialist condescension - aargh).
> >>
> >> xA
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:35 AM, Douglas Barbour<
> [log in to unmask]>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Ah, but the blogger, whoeever he is, included in that list two I'd
> stand
> >> by,
> >> > Neilson & Slessor, of that older school, that is.
> >> >
> >> > And it does, alas, come down to taste. I see some agreed with Rundle
> >> about
> >> > the boring qualities of the James piece.
> >> >
> >> > The old academic was sad, though.
> >> >
> >> > And the usual lack of knowledge about so many fine poets in Oz,
> unnamed
> >> > because unknown?
> >> >
> >> > Doug
> >> > On 6-Aug-09, at 6:17 AM, Alison Croggon wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I guess Guy Rundle has sparked what passes for public debate on
> poetry
> >> >> here. It's unbelievably depressing. Anyway, the Australian blog has
> >> >> replied to Mr Rundle, and now people are talking about how great
> Henry
> >> >> Lawson and Banjo Paterson are. I can't bring myself to comment, which
> >> >> perhaps says everything since I am such a loudmouth. But it's just
> >> >> toxic and sad.
> >> >
> >> > Douglas Barbour
> >> > [log in to unmask]
> >> >
> >> > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
> >> >
> >> > Latest books:
> >> > Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
> >> > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
> >> > Wednesdays'
> >> >
> >>
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
> >> >
> >> > There are as many fools in the world as there are people.
> >> >
> >> > Sigmund Freud
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
> >> Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com
> >>
> >
>
>
>
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