On Wed, 14 May 1997, matt wrote (quoting Richard C):
> > Whatever qualities I see in other writers (H&H, Cobbing,
> > Bernstein, Creeley, Prynne, Raworth, Niedecker, Howe, Bunting, Fishers A
> > and R etc) their long-term impact on the way I work is is either
> > calculably or incalculably low.
>
> In particular this comment struck me as odd (not _as_ odd, just striking me as
> such) when I find other texts so crucial in some ways, though I perhaps see
> that what I try to write up bears little necassary relationship to styles,
> though often much to themes.
Thus starkly quoted my remark seems very ungrateful - I certainly don't
want to deny the big jag I got on first and repeated and ongoing reading
of *most of* the above - and I hope I've "learned" from them all - and it
seems probable that this experience will inform my subsequent work. But I
wanted - indeed it seemed important, in that particular context! - to
suggest that I didn't feel the need to be bowled away by the work of my
luminaries (or any others!) - that the best respect I could pay them was
to pick it up *in my own terms*. Thus, a damn sight lower impact than the
flatulence of the dear departed wd've demanded. Thanks for asking, no
offence etc.
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- Basil Bunting
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