I am a big meannie as well. My friend Fred Beake applauds Jorie Graham cos, to him, her poetry sings. But to me it is a waste of time. Douglas Clark, Bath, England mailto: [log in to unmask] Lynx: Poetry from Bath .......... http://www.bath.ac.uk/~exxdgdc/lynx.html On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, sevanthi ragunathan wrote: > >From: John Tranter <[log in to unmask]> > >Reply-To: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and > > poetics <[log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: A contrary opinion of the worth of Ms Graham's recent poems in > > the LRB > >Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 12:59:44 -0700 > > > >Re: "Erminia H. Passannanti" <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Re: Jorie Graham: a concrete reply to the "we" / "Self" > >questions > > > >Last issue of "London Review of books" , 5 July 2001, presents a > >wonderfulsequence of poems by Jorie Graham, which offer a concrete answer > >and are indeed astriking application of the considerations that where at > >the core our Poetryect recent discussions and quarrels on the idea of the > >Self in relation to poetry matters and to the "we". Has anyone felt the > >same? I have appreciated these poems a lot. I think this poet as being very > >gifted. Don't you? Is Jorie soemone following Poetryetc? I would like to > >get in touch " a proposito". Erminia > >_______________________________ > > > >Well, you asked. > > > >I'm sorry to be a wet blanket, but I thought they were drivel. > > > >John Tranter, Jacket magazine > > > John Tranter is a big meanie.... > > ....and so am I. And so is Adam Kirsch. > > http://www.thenewrepublic.com/031300/kirsch031300.html > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp >