In recent years openned and dusie have both done electronic
anthologies. Do such anthologies get the same kind of attention as
print-based anthologies? Do they, perhaps, get more readers but less
attention from print media?
Robert
Jamie McKendrick wrote:
>Excuse the length of my last post: the result of having some unresolved
and
>some contradictory responses to the whole internet+poetry phenomenon,
and a
>fair few grouses. As a relative latecomer to this zone, that conflict
is
>probably natural, but there are many people here who will have thought
>harder and for much longer about the issue, so I'll try to keep it
briefer.
> Besides, I think Mark's view is better attuned to the current
situation
>than mine, though quite close in some respects:
>"We're on the cusp of change, for sure. The future is probably
>digital...Hard to imagine how this will shake out--the amount of
unfiltered
>information out there will be overwhelming... But for the moment print
still
>has the edge, I think. As an anthologist I'm usually interested in
poets
>with substantial bodies of work available, and I'm unlikely to spend a
lot
>of time looking at their "initial outlets" unless I've already decided
>they're significant in whatever way is important for the given
anthology."
>I wouldn't be surprised if the '"open borders" of internet publishing'
>become more and more significant, but still I'm suffering from what I
hope
>is a premature nostalgia for the book.
>Jamie
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeffrey Side" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 8:16 PM
>Subject: Re: Northern Irish Poets?
>
>
>"The effect of this is going to mean, increasingly, a reliance on the
>recommendation of valued poets, usually those who teach on
>creative writing courses."
>
>I fear you may be right, Jamie. In that case, I think we need the "open
>borders" of internet publishing even more.
>
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