Hmmnn:
'Spurr says he will use his position to influence the national curriculum and advocate on behalf of the canon.
The dean of the faculty of arts and social sciences, Duncan Ivison, says: ''Some say poetry is struggling to survive in the broader public culture. It's alive and well at Sydney [University].'''
Well, poetry history is in good hands, it seems, but... I wonder what he'd think of the latest winner of the Patrick White Award? Whom I consider one of the finest contemporary poets...
Of course contemporary poetry is not at all like high end contemporary art: no one paying half a million or more for one of our works, which means poetry is still not just a consumer thing.
Hey: he can teach the tradition well, it seems, & that's not, by itself, a bad thing....
Doug
On 2011-11-08, at 8:18 PM, Andrew Burke wrote:
> What does the future hold?! He speaks against post-modernism? Strange ...
> poetry marches on without looking behind. Andrew
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