"Which would seem a very reasonable way of assembling an anthology, or do you disagree?"
Jamie, it is reasonable, though exclusive given the options available. Ideally, poets should be drawn from the Internet, also. Not to do so seems remiss. Roddy did, though, include poets who had not published books. He says:
"The book was open to unpublished poets too, and indeed, seven unsigned poets were included in the line-up. Since making my list (drafted in 2007, please note), those poets have all been signed up by either Bloodaxe, Salt or Seren."
He doesn’t mention, though, how he heard of these poets. I presume from seeing their poems in printed little magazines, or from personal contact (and by the latter I am not inferring nepotism, by the way). I doubt from the Internet.
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