Jeremy, I just don’t share your optimism. At least regarding this
particular journal, not until the position it holds regarding peer-review
is cleared up.
On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:59:13 -0600, Jeremy F Green
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>I haven't followed all the ins and outs of this thread, so I'm not sure if
>this point has been made already, but I'd say that the appearance of
this
>journal is a good thing -for academia-. Here in the US the academic
>discussion of poetry (qua poetry) is very much in retreat, so any venue
that
>encourages informed discussion of "other" poetries is very much to be
>welcomed.
>
>I doubt whether the analogy with Poetry Review is really the right
one, btw.
>At their best, academic journals--I have high hopes for this one--can
work
>against the codification of poetic practice by shedding light on
>possibilities past and present occluded by received wisdom,
anthologies,
>whatnot...
>
>Best,
>Jeremy
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