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They would say in Italian that I am putting the dot on the i - by this message. I would anyhow like to say that if you enter a contest, the first prize should go to the best. That is why I used "better" as a qualifying element. If this disturbs you, it is my fault. I don't think you mentioned better, I was following my own thought. On 3/19/07, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Anny Ballardini wrote: > > Hi Ken, > > > > I am sorry to add this, but I think that maybe Landis Everson had some > > good > > cards, see here: > > > http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=163 > > > > > > He was a good friend of Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer and Robin Blaser. I > do > > not want to say that he is better or worse than you, I thought I > > needed to > > add a couple of lines, and that I am lucky to have him on the Corner, as > > much as I am to have you. > > > > Take care, Anny > > I must've gone out of the room for a diet tonic water, so I missed > this. When did I suggest I was "better than" Landis Everson or anyone? > When did "better than" become a valid criterion in discussing the merits > of two writers? Is this a locker room Whose Is Bigger deal translated > (not very far) to writing? > > Everson is just another of my multiple areas of ignorance. Anyone who > won that contest would have been similarly situated, I suppose. It was > intended for the unknown, overaged, and previously unlucky. Though I > suppose a lot of people remembered Everson from back when and were > supporters. Others of us were not so fortunate. > > A contest for unknowns d'un age certain was worth entering and is worth > continuing if the Foundation has the will to do so. I can always send > them a revised standard version of my manuscript. > > Ken porcupine Ken > > ------------ > Kenneth Wolman rainermaria.typepad.com > Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts. -- Ruth > Gordon >