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Don't know where to jump in, so will just go ahead here. I won't pretend to know what the issues are regarding Joe, Anny and Alison 'cuz in a squeach of major jetlag I deleted relevant emails. For my own part, I've offended pretty much everybody on Poetryetc in my couple years on the list---sometimes with great delight---and don't recall every apologizing, do recall threatening to quit the list a couple times. Howzis: Let's have a general call for the inviting back of folks who've been bounced or who've left the list. I kind of miss Bad Man Bircumshaw. The Perfect Poetryetc Person, Judy ---- Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Pots and kettles are blackened all over the place here! I am personally > sorry to see Alison leave. She brings a level of energy, global art and > literary awareness, critical and moral feistiness to the plate that I > usually found a trigger for others to also stepping up to the plate. Her > knowledge/passion for exploring the connections between poetry, theater, > visual arts and music I found intellectually challenging and compelling - > agree with her or not. I think it's perfectly fine to shake people up. If > she was impatient, overly prideful, snappy and offended by what she > perceived as the limits or aesthetic conservatism of certain others, I think > the provocation was healthy to my sense of things (and I certainly got > impatient with her on some issues). Alison provided valuable backbone here > for years and to dismiss that contribution lightly - or with personal jabs - > rubs me the wrong way. I will miss her presence here and feel badly that > there were no conciliatory moves. > > Stephen Vincent