For me, Luke, much of Riley’s work is ‘authentic’ because she writes from her own experience as in ‘A Part Song’, written about the lose of her son and how she feels outside the flow of her life/time. I really like Riley. Very interesting stuff. 

Cheers,

Tristan

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On 10 May 2018, at 20:11, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Riley's writing is 'authentic' - this will rile somebody

Interesting descriptor, do you mean politically? I like her poems too, but the term always confuses me. It isn't vacuous, but maybe vague.

Luke

On 10 May 2018 at 16:50, Tim Allen <0000002899e7d020-dmarc-[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Interesting Michael. Sorry but I only just got to read it. With regard to Denise Riley I agree that her writing displays a more typical (positive sense typical) likeness to mainstream poetry than non-mainstream. Many of my friends have noticed it too. The difference for me is that Riley's writing is 'authentic' - this will rile somebody.

Cheers

Tim

On 3 May 2018, at 13:25, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> http://michaelpeverett.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/the-verb.html
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> A follow-up, still very much a speculative draft, to last summer's piece about the word "I'd" .
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> It takes in some of the subsequent discussion here: Jamie McK gets a namecheck.
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> Michael