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From: Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Oct 27, 2003 7:41 AM
involved. I wouldn't call Le Guin an SF poet as her poetry, actually quite
good, is not SFnal. Many of the other SF&F names on there do write poems
that fit the field. At whch point, we find that it's all 'just' poetry (a
wider than wide category), & must needs be approached with the usual
critical/empathetic eye (do i like this or not?).
Hi Doug,
And interestingly, Le Guin is also a translator, for instance, her
translations of the Chilean poet, Gabriela Mistral, though Mistral
is not as well-known as perhaps she should be, in part because
of a dearth of translations, which makes her that curiosity in
part, the Nobel prize winning poet who vanishes in the shadows.
This reminds me of a time that I was at a poetry reading, and
my friend, Roger Fanning, was reading and someone turned
to me and said brightly "science fiction poetry'! It wasn't meant
to be, but only poetry, but still the strangeness of sensibility
and subject in his work made it _seem_ science fiction, so
yes, perhaps it's all just poetry, in that the best work always
seems to blur the various boundaries between.
Best,
Rebecca
Rebecca Seiferle
www.thedrunkenboat.com
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