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Yes, the complexity came for me in the clash between ethics and ego: when I am offered publication, I am pleased, and sometimes that overrides my sense of values - eg, if the poem is ready yet or even any good. I always try to teach writing students that publication is not the final arbiter of your work's worth - YOU are. But I am easily seduced. Andrew On 17/09/06, wild honey press <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Andrew, > > just a gut reaction, but I feel you did the right thing. It's a very complex > area, but corny as it sounds, I'm proud of you! > > best > > Randolph > > > I asked Elizabeth Jolley once > > if I could publish a poem about her and her husband because it painted > > a not-so-flattering image of him (and he was very ill and not capable > > of 'defending himself'), and she said, 'Publish anything you like. I > > believe in absolute free speech.' I am yet to be tested if I believe > > in that much free speech. (I didn't publish the poem. I > > self-censored.) > > > > Andrew > > > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ http://www.bam.com.au/andrew