Interpret my behavior as you wish, make whatever assumptions please you.
You seem to have changed the subject to suit yourself. I'm willing to talk
about it backchannel. Frontchannel I'm out of this discussion.
At 10:50 PM 1/4/2001 EST, Jacques Debrot wrote:
>In a message dated 1/5/01 11:23:32 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:
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><< But as I
>said, there's lots of work available, and I can't stop you. I presume you
>know how to do a search. >>
>
>I don't want to do this in the spirit of antagonism, but to say--here's a
>venue where you can hear what someone *really thinks*. I might be
>vindictive--that's the risk you take when you put your poetry out in the
>world--when it really matters enough for people to want to be mean-spirited
>about it. But, again, what I'm interested in is whether you do want to take
>a risk. And--believe it or not--take this risk w/ someone who, despite the
>pretty awful tone you've taken w/ me--does actually want to like your work.
>But i won't ask again, & i won't drag any poem of yours onto the List that
>you might not want discussed. But if we want our work to get *out there* we
>have to send it into unfreindly places, no? Or better yet, let's hide in our
>closet.
>
>--Jacques
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