Yes, at that time, very few people had acknowledged him as a poet.
On 2 March 2010 17:16, Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> From: "Chris Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
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> http://bookblog.net/gender/genie.php
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>> According to gender genie I am a woman.
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>> (Jokes aside, you would be surprised at the personal emails I get asking
>> what gender I am.)
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> You think you have problems, Christine? I once had the strange and lonely
> honour of being described as the only lesbian poet in the *entire history of
> Scottish literature.
>
> Surpised me, that, for various reasons. <g>
>
> Robyn
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