>there is almost a sense that an American poetry grouping sees itself
>as having a right to be at the centre, in the way the a British (or
>Irish) experimental or innovative (or whatever term is useful)
>grouping would not see themselves
Who? Fixation with (dare I breathe it) Language poetry in this discussion
seems to remove it from recognition of multiple poetics here in the U.S.,
especially of younger poets, lots of whom don't affiliate with particular
poetic communities, and are therefore more difficult to trace except by
reporting on individual events as Cris did. I certainly don't know of poetry
folks who wish to be "at the centre" in the sense Mark Leahy implies
here, that center being nearly invisible but for a few (Irish etc.)
expatriates and remnants of a West-or-East Coast poetic motion which is
not particularly congenial to the variety of American projects I'm reading
about. I don't think American alignments are particularly to technology
either, though I'd be interested in a correction to that opinion if one's
forthcoming.
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