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Some of you might be interested in the Tasmanian magazine Island's new contributor policy, which has attracted a fair bit of discussion in these parts. (Scroll down). http://islandmag.com/about/ x On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Tim Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Couldn't agree more Ian - I think it must have been a similar experience > for most of us of that age (roughly). > > Cheers > > Tim > > On 26 Nov 2013, at 12:06, ian seed wrote: > > It was this PMP series which got me smitten with surrealism via the work > of Philip Lamantia, which introduced me to the Beats, to New York poetry, > including its manifestations in the UK, to the work of 'outsider' poets > such as Wantling, and to 'neo-romantic' poets such as George Barker. To me, > as a provincial sixth former, it was exciting, and something I felt my > English teacher would not have approved of. There was something deliciously > subversive about the first PMP series, and I loved their black covers, the > fact that they were relatively cheap (less than a pound), and that they > could slip so easily into your pockets to be read on the bus back home from > school. Wrong to dismiss them all as 'duds'. > > Ian > > > -- Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com