Junction doesn't court bookstore sales, but they happen, usually through
special orders or from jobbers, which means I have no idea where the books
are, tho a lot of libraries have them. No url yet--I'm working on it. But
anyone who wanted to submit would be free to ask. Beyond which, the
unconventional church lady could have been tipped off if she'd bothered to
google the names of my authors. And there have been plenty of reviews.
As to "conventional," I've been down that road too many times. This much
and no further--there is a divide in English-language poetry with fuzzy
boundaries, and there's no uncontested terminology for describing it.
Nonetheless, those on the unconventional, or non-mainstream, or avant
garde, what-have-you side know what parties they're not invited to and that
the others usually don't know that there's a divide or that anyone's on the
other side. They tend not to acknowledge the difference.
A way to think about it might be to consider who one includes in one's
contemporary cohort and who one considers one's ancestors.
Mark
At 01:32 PM 1/11/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Mark Weiss wrote:
>
>>My hopes are still more modest--that people who are going to submit books
>>to Junction Press make themselves aware of what I publish. Don't even buy
>>a book, go to the library, save us all a lot of time and postage.
>>
>>In one of the reference books I stated that Junction publishes
>>unconventional verse, and used Rochelle Owens as an example. Which led to
>>a submission accompanied by a cover letter beginning "I believe in an
>>unconventional form of christianity."
>>
>>Mark
>
>Mark, does Junction have a URL? Where in my local area do you
>distribute? Will Britt Horner carry any of your books? Actually, the
>names of indie bookstores (if there are any left) in Jersey would be a
>great help since I am sure you do not number Borders and B&N among your
>outlets.
>
>For another matter, what is Conventional? I am hearing Alfred Drake in
>Kismet singing "Rhymes Have I."
>
>Ken
>
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