It was fun, but like you I disagree, at least somewhat, Dave. Also I read reviews, & like especially the long ones that appear in places like the LRB only it doesnt review much poetry, & often not the poetry I am most interested in, but that I can find elsewhere...). Doug On 2011-06-24, at 11:18 PM, David Bircumshaw wrote: > I like this. Which doesn't mean I agree with it, but I found it amusing: > > > http://nplusonemag.com/against-reviews > -- > David Joseph Bircumshaw > Website and A Chide's Alphabet > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/ > Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ 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 Transforming once reasonable human beings into gullible idiots is one of the biggest businesses we have. Charles Simic