(usual problem, sorry, mails escape out...)
Stuart,
it is difficult to give you a good hint here,
Selected Poetry, it sounds like, this is better than the other, and anyhow
the time lapse is quite limited,
i think i am messing you up even more, because on the other hand it is
another book on the market, and we are fundamentally all consumers, also
poets,
> > Hi there, Doug -- Your story's a sad one -- having the joy ripped out
> > of your writing. I can't help but think there's an issue of
> > perspective here, too -- that maybe you're having trouble viewing
> > your own work in a fair way (does that make sense?). Obviously, many
> > people have gotten much pleasure from the stuff you've produced since
> > the 1970s. Of course, that doesn't necessary give *you* satisfaction.
> >
> > Right now, my publisher wants to issue a Selected of mine, which I
> > really resisted for a long time. Then I agreed. And in the past few
> > days I've been on the verge of cancelling it again. So your email
> > struck me especially hard. If it's not too painful to dwell on, why
> > do you think the publishing of a Selected Poems had such a profound
> > negative effect on your writing? In my case, I don't see the need for
> > a Selected -- I'm not established enough; my three previous books are
> > still in print, if not in stores; I've never won an award; the masses
> > aren't exactly clamouring for it. That's why I'm so ambivalent.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Stuart
> > --
> >
>
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