What is the point of it all, though? And does mainstream poetry need
such a position to perpetuate itself?
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:06:06 +0000, Tilla Brading
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>Re Oxford Chair string ........
>
>Seamus Perry (Fellow of Balliol College and Tutor in English,
>& Lecturer in the English Faculty, University of Oxford) was interviewed
>about this on Rad 4 and, I thought, managed to keep a perspective
and not
>get drawn into the brouhaha.
>
>So, come all ye Oxford graduates and search out someone innovative!
>
>FYI:
>The procedure now is that graduates will be able to vote online, as
well as
>to cast their vote in person over a period of time.
> Aspiring professors of poetry must be nominated by at least 12 Oxford
>graduates by 5 May. If there is more than one contender, then
graduates will
>be able to vote for their favourite ...
>
>Into the maelstrom,
>
>Tilla
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