Jeffrey,
I don't want to argue about this anthology which so far I've not properly
read, but I'm not convinced by your statement:
"Ideally, poets should be drawn from the Internet, also. Not to do so seems
remiss."
I wouldn't discount the possibility that the editor is aware of the internet
(as many of the poets in the anthology can be found there) but at least if I
were assembling an anthology of contemporary poets, it's probably the last
place I'd look. Just consider the work load! You could spend years
navigating from one site to another and find little reward. Bad enough
having to read all those books, but at least in those cases someone other
than the author has considered it worth the risk of publishing it.
Jamie
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From: "Jeffrey Side" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: Northern Irish Poets?
"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"The book was open to unpublished poets too, and indeed, seven unsigned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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