Thank you, all. My e-mail server was down yesterday, so I couldnt see or reply to anything. But I do appreciate it ... And Sheila's comments on collaboration I can only return manyfold.... Doug On 21-Mar-10, at 7:37 AM, Jeffrey Side wrote: > I agree. > > The Jacket profile is a a very impressive overall focus on Doug-- > and, by > the sounds of it, long overdue. > > > > On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:49:18 -0400, Peter ciccariello > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Fine piece, and all true! >> >> - Peter >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Sheila Murphy > <[log in to unmask]>wrote: >> >>> Judy, thanks for acknowledging one of the many elements that > makes Doug THE >>> BEST! It is such a joy to celebrate Doug. Gratefully, Sheila >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Judy Prince >>> <[log in to unmask]>wrote: >>> >>>> An especially lovely paragraph from Sheila's piece: >>>> >>>> "Collaborative writing offers an extraordinary element in creative >>>> partnership that concurrently teaches and crafts a manuscript of > dual >>>> making. This craft demands the writers to be both attentive and >>> inventive. >>>> Doug signals much, misses little, and situates the work in its own >>>> emphasis, >>>> with context as an adjunct support. Doug’s ability and high regard > for >>> the >>>> supremacy of the text precludes many possible interruptions in the >>>> collaborative process. Doug’s ear is supreme; sensing the lines > prior to >>>> his >>>> own, he invents, initiates, and responds. As if no difference > between the >>>> two passages exists, he measures the timing of conclusion for > each >>> passage, >>>> then acknowledges the measure and fosters syllabic integrity > within the >>>> artistic gesture." >>>> ---------------- >>>> thank you, Andrew and Sheila, and Doug! >>>> Best, >>>> Judy >>>> >>>> >>>> On 20 March 2010 09:17, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> If you haven't read it already, see what Sheila says about Doug > at >>>>> http://jacketmagazine.com/39/barbour-sheila-murphy.shtml . >>>>> >>>>> Happy birthday for Sunday, Doug. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Andrew >>>>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ >>>>> http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/ >> http://uncommonvision.blogspot.com/ >> http://poemsfromprovidence.blogspot.com/ >> http://uncommon-vision.blogspot.com/ >> You can find my art and writing updates on Twitter >> https://twitter.com/ciccariello > Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ Latest books: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Wednesdays' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html The secret which got lost neither hides nor reveals itself, it shows forth tokens. Charles Olson