Anny: Pass on to Kent that I'm sorry for the exaggeration.
Mark
At 10:32 AM 9/28/2009, you wrote:
>I am forwarding on behalf of Kent Johnson:
>
>
>Jeffrey Side and Anny Ballardini kindly pointed
>me to the thread here. I honestly can't remember
>now exactly what transpired on the British
>Poetry list, it was so long ago. I remember it
>had something to do with "Quizzes" I was posting
>on the subject of "Poetic Architecture" (which
>were later published in a couple magazines and
>then as a book), and these seemed to annoy some
>people a great deal, and it wasn't clear to me
>why at the time, since there was really nothing in the content to upset anyone.
>
>Then, I think, partly in response to the
>perceived unfairness of response, Jacques Debrot
>and I began to post an imaginary "analysis"
>between Jacques Lacan, Jacques Debrot, and
>Jacques-Alain Miller (later also published as a
>book in UK). These were quite edgy and contained
>some "pornographic" material, and so I can see
>in retrospect how it might have upset some
>people. Things did get sort of fraught on the
>list over that, and I am sure I didn't respond
>in the best way, always. In fact, I know I didn't.
>
>It's correct of Mark to say that I was using the
>list space then as a venue for "creative work,"
>which I'd say, a bit in my own defense, is
>nothing new on listservs. Mark's not correct,
>however, to say I've been kicked off from "list
>after list," though, or however he puts it. I
>was booted off Poetics back in 1998, and that
>was a pretty complicated, very interesting
>situation, but no need to go back to that here!
>I'm quite sure Poetics and Brit Po are the only
>lists I've been *banned* from (I say "only"-- I
>suppose that sounds funny). And through my own
>choice I haven't been on a listserv for years now.
>
>Still, I'm sure I did bear at least half of the
>responsibility for those tensions at British
>Poetry list. And for what it's worth, I'd like
>to take the opportunity to apologize for any
>improper behavior that might have offended anyone active there at the time.
>
>all the best,
>
>Kent
>
>
>--
>Anny Ballardini
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