And presumably every non-mainstream publication should have a
mainstream coeditor. Oh, and we should insist on gender and ethnic
equal representation. Hell, it might be easier to have a national
referendum on each submission.
Even though she acknowledges that a conflict of interest exists,
>nevertheless, how can we really be sure that her prejudices don't come
>into play in the majority of instances? The only way to ensure balance
>would be for Horizon to have two editors of poetry one such as Holland
>and one who doesn't "intensely" dislike non-mainstream poetry.
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>On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:59:34 +0100, Peter Riley
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> >If you're going to make this kind of fuss every time somebody makes a
> >public statement attacking, or showing disinterest in, avant-garde,
> >innovative, whatever, poetry--- you're going to be awfully busy for
> >the rest of your life.
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> >Of course they do. The poetry elicits it, the poetry demands it, the
> >poetry almost needs it. If it didn't happen the poetry wouldn't have
> >registered as what it is.
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> >PR
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