Yes, of course an anthology has to have an agenda just as every
magazine or blog does. But agendas need to be honest and relatively
transparent - it's the hidden agendas that cause the trouble, and we
have had too many of those here in Britland.
Tim A.
On 28 Mar 2010, at 19:15, Jamie McKendrick wrote:
> Jeffrey, you "don't see the point of anthologies in general" because
> they "have an agenda of some sort". But you'd want an anthology to
> have some kind of agenda surely, or else what would be the point?
> Even if the agenda were to gain a wider readership "for perceived
> 'neglected' poets", and those poets were worth reading, the activity
> would deserve some gratitude
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