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Dear Patrick, I sense you are asking something, but I don't know what the question is. You've sent a message of David kennedy's, the header only of one of mine and a message of your own... Yes? L ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick McManus" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Patrick McManus" <[log in to unmask]>; "Lawrence Upton" <[log in to unmask]>; "british-poets" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 31 May 2000 18:41 Subject: Re: Everybody Buy More Books [Was: BritPuke and hair-shirts] | HI AM NOT SURE IF I POSTED THIS PROPERLY ANY FEEDBACK | CHHEERS LURKER PATRICK MCM | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> | To: Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>; british-poets | <[log in to unmask]> | Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 9:04 PM | Subject: Re: Everybody Buy More Books [Was: BritPuke and hair-shirts] | | | > Well this all sounds a bit tetchy if I get it right and often I don't | > I felt a bit under attack as a lurker in the sidelines of the great | > skirmishes and battles of the greats!! | > but where I came from no money poetry came from libraries second hand | books | > I supported poetry through Survivor poets performing /facilitating | > later running local groups getting grants publishing editing anthologies | > all on a shoestring then some body says unless you buy-buy -buy | > it's all onanism!!!!!!!! | > Well got that diatribe out of the way --I love you all really | > patrick mc manus | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> | > To: british-poets <[log in to unmask]> | > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 12:43 AM | > Subject: Re: Everybody Buy More Books [Was: BritPuke and hair-shirts] | > | > | > > | > > ----- Original Message ----- | > > From: "David Kennedy" <[log in to unmask]> | > > To: <[log in to unmask]> | > > Sent: 23 May 2000 16:12 | > > Subject: Everybody Buy More Books [Was: BritPuke and hair-shirts] | > > | > > | > > | 'People who say they love poetry and never buy any are a bunch of | > > | > > people who write poetry according to a formula in their heads and expect | > it | > > to be published without their buying any of anyone else's | > > | > > they love their own poetry, right or wrong | > > | > > it's a form on onanism and very widespread | > > | > > L | > > | > | | %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%