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I feel it is only healthy to discharge our (miserable) poor (mildly talented) selves and join this game of collaborative writing: we are working towards the overcoming of the reactionary cult of the author. I do not give a f... who wrote what and who will assemble the all lot. I find it worth and entertaining. I myself gave published under my name (as the re-assembler) an entire "poemetto" called "In Yugoslavia con i piedi a terra" (In Yugoslavia with the both feet on the ground) who I (/)recollected- wrote after having recorded on several tapes and note-books all that my mother said (which was genial, indeed, as to win a first national poetry prize) while she was being hospitalized for a severe STROKE. Is she the author? Am I the author? Are we both the authors? Is NO-One the author>? (unanswerable questions) She is in heaven now. And I am not feeling too much with my feet on the ground. Firmato, Erminiaetc. ----- Original Message ----- From: erminia <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 6:18 AM Subject: Fw: bio-tex AND tired tropes > Dear All, > > I am forwarding this letter of complaint by Elizabetta, sent to British > Poets. > She seems to believe strongly in authorship and be against collaborative > pieces. > But, I say, you authors can always have your single bio-texts published and > acknowledged if you want. > Collaboration is beautiful. > > W, W, W..... Viva la Collaboration, > > Erminia Passannanti et Al. > (or else, One, No-one, Onethousand) > > > > (follows forwarded message) > > > > I was reading in Poetry Review about John Kinsella's earlier 'Geo-text' > > project along the same lines -- presumably Poetryetc didn't have the > > same snorts of derision we did here when asked to write about ourselves > > in our location -- where he asked listmembers to write on the theme > > using no punctuation, then he has scrambled & remixed the results into a > > 'collaborative' text, which is to be published as a book. Looks like > > this commission is very productive for some people and can produce > > invigorating results (I don't think we need ever so many more posted > > here; they are presumably available on Poetryetc's archive @ mailbase). > > I also think it's a rather particular notion of collaboration, where > > people are basically being milked for material ... or is that completely > > unfair? Douglas's note held perhaps a note of regret that his piece > > (which I thought wonderful) was to be subordinated and lose its effect. > > Hey Douglas, you don't *have to give it away! > > > > e > > > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%