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There's a short review - together with Debbie: An Epic - in Poetry Quarterly Review 9 by Tilla Brading. The review is largely descriptive; the evaluative part is but one sentence: "Haunting and exciting but with a tendency to glut". And yes they do all do it. cheers David -----Original Message----- From: Ken Edwards <[log in to unmask]> To: British Poets <[log in to unmask]> Date: 23 February 2000 22:15 Subject: Amazing.com >Below is a review just downloaded from Amazon.com about Cris Cheek/Sianed >Jones's _Songs from Navigation_. > >While, it's nice that someone unknown to me (the publisher) feels deeply >enough about the book to post a review, I'm not sure it adds to the sum of >human wisdom much. > >Should anyone have a more generous view of this book/CD (or any other RSE >book) (or any small press poetry book listed by Amazon) it would be very >useful if you would post them up. > >I know it's naughty for a publisher to exhort people to fix the charts like >this, but they all do it, don't they? > > > >>Customer Comments >>Average Customer Rating: Number of Reviews: 1 >>Laszlo Brown ([log in to unmask]) from London, UK , 28 January, 2000 >>The future of British Art... in their hands? >>For some time now I have tried to keep in tune with the front line on the >>British art scene, and so it was with interest that I bought the Songs From >>Navigation book and CD produced by cris cheek and Sianed Jones. Having >>listened to previous collaborative work of theres (Skin Upon Skin) I was >>optimistic. My optimism was soon dashed. Songs from navigation is, by and >>large, an empty vortex of meaningless self-indulgence; art for artists... >>elitist, pretentious, and ultimately very soulless. In the new millenium, I >>think we had all expected much better, and so much more than this. > > > >Ken Edwards, Reality Street Editions >4 Howard Court, Peckham Rye, London SE15 3PH, UK >Tel: 020 7639 7297 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%