I feel it is unfair to make such sweeping statements about someone who is
not a member of this list. In any case, Elizabeth James has collaborated
with Frances Presley in a recent publication. (Name escapes me just now) She
is by no means against collaboration.
best
Randolph Healy
----- Original Message -----
From: "erminia" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: bio-tex and the reactionary cult of the author's identity
> I feel it is only healthy to discharge our (miserable) poor (mildly
> talented) selves
> and join this game of collaborative writing: we are working towards the
> overcoming of
> the reactionary cult of the author.
> I do not give a f... who wrote what and who will assemble the all lot.
> I find it worth and entertaining.
> I myself gave published under my name (as the re-assembler)
> an entire "poemetto" called "In Yugoslavia con i piedi a terra" (In
> Yugoslavia with the both feet on the ground)
> who I (/)recollected- wrote after having recorded on several tapes and
> note-books all that my mother said (which was genial, indeed, as to win a
> first national poetry prize) while she was being hospitalized for a severe
> STROKE.
> Is she the author? Am I the author? Are we both the authors? Is NO-One the
> author>?
> (unanswerable questions)
> She is in heaven now. And I am not feeling too much with my feet on the
> ground.
>
> Firmato, Erminiaetc.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: erminia <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 6:18 AM
> Subject: Fw: bio-tex AND tired tropes
>
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I am forwarding this letter of complaint by Elizabetta, sent to British
> > Poets.
> > She seems to believe strongly in authorship and be against collaborative
> > pieces.
> > But, I say, you authors can always have your single bio-texts published
> and
> > acknowledged if you want.
> > Collaboration is beautiful.
> >
> > W, W, W..... Viva la Collaboration,
> >
> > Erminia Passannanti et Al.
> > (or else, One, No-one, Onethousand)
> >
> >
> >
> > (follows forwarded message)
> >
> >
> > > I was reading in Poetry Review about John Kinsella's earlier
'Geo-text'
> > > project along the same lines -- presumably Poetryetc didn't have the
> > > same snorts of derision we did here when asked to write about
ourselves
> > > in our location -- where he asked listmembers to write on the theme
> > > using no punctuation, then he has scrambled & remixed the results into
a
> > > 'collaborative' text, which is to be published as a book. Looks like
> > > this commission is very productive for some people and can produce
> > > invigorating results (I don't think we need ever so many more posted
> > > here; they are presumably available on Poetryetc's archive @
mailbase).
> > > I also think it's a rather particular notion of collaboration, where
> > > people are basically being milked for material ... or is that
completely
> > > unfair? Douglas's note held perhaps a note of regret that his piece
> > > (which I thought wonderful) was to be subordinated and lose its
effect.
> > > Hey Douglas, you don't *have to give it away!
> > >
> > > e
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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