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I had to laugh at Tim's description of a poet (young or old) cut off from any understanding of any world but their own, orbiting out there at the farthest trembling tether of their inspiration and then being asked to do anything other than hand their precious works from out of the clouds to the eager hands of a publisher ready, willing, and perfectly able to do it all for the new comet flashing across the heavens. I know that Tim did Terrible Work for years and so has an understanding of these things, but I'm almost certain that he didn't handle the budding geniuses in quite the manner he suggests. (If he did, he'd probably make a great OB-GYN and should consider the career change.) Helping with the process of publication is not asking anyone to be or become an extrovert, Tim, it's just introducing them to the realities of alternative press. We do ask for help with ahadada books, but that help can take many forms, from placing our books in their local university library to type-setting and web work. I don't think that's ever driven a genius away, especially if they know that we believe in what they do. On the other hand, it's gotten rid of a scad of prima donnas. Jess