R I C said: >And as for the "well-why-shouldn't-he-if-he-can-get-away-with-it" defence, it stinks. >From Tracy: Why? For some (setting aside Motion's personal situation, which I still believe is his own business), getting paid *what they can* for a reading, a workshop, whatever, is a matter of survival. Not all poets have secure jobs or access to social security... %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%