Uhh... the answer to all JK's questions is (?are?): let's see how it turns
out. The pURL project doesn't, after all, stop either the discussion, or
the free posting of poems - indeed I hope both those things continue to
happen, flourish even more... But there was this interest expressed - more
than once - in something a bit more structured (! we brits, eh?) as a
related project - and JC kindly took it on. Nothing canonical about it, I
hope - certainly not more valid or authentic, or validated or
authenicated. Much depends, as is so often the case, on the work itself.
It's an experiment, right? RC
On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, John Kinsella wrote:
> Is this a confluence of spaces? Is an alternative space being created?
> A more "valid", even "authentic" space? Do the Readers give a text
> integrity? Somehow there seems to be an irreconcilable contradiction
> between list discourse and editorial stasis. And then, rejection on
> board, the failed poet - free will in hand - can take to the
> cyberwaves and post anyway, (no hard feelings, head held high, better
> luck next time, "stupid idea anyway" etc). Why bother getting it
> "judged" in the first place? Who cares if it carries the stamp of
> approval? I have major problems with this concept.
>
> Best
> JK
>
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