Judy, that's an interesting idea. Let's let this die down a bit, then
consider it.
Joseph Duemer
Co-Mgr. Poetryetc
On 6/9/07, Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Don't know where to jump in, so will just go ahead here. I won't pretend
> to know what the issues are regarding Joe, Anny and Alison 'cuz in a squeach
> of major jetlag I deleted relevant emails.
>
> For my own part, I've offended pretty much everybody on Poetryetc in my
> couple years on the list---sometimes with great delight---and don't recall
> every apologizing, do recall threatening to quit the list a couple times.
>
> Howzis: Let's have a general call for the inviting back of folks who've
> been bounced or who've left the list. I kind of miss Bad Man Bircumshaw.
>
> The Perfect Poetryetc Person,
>
> Judy
>
>
>
>
> ---- Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Pots and kettles are blackened all over the place here! I am personally
> > sorry to see Alison leave. She brings a level of energy, global art and
> > literary awareness, critical and moral feistiness to the plate that I
> > usually found a trigger for others to also stepping up to the plate. Her
> > knowledge/passion for exploring the connections between poetry, theater,
> > visual arts and music I found intellectually challenging and compelling
> -
> > agree with her or not. I think it's perfectly fine to shake people up.
> If
> > she was impatient, overly prideful, snappy and offended by what she
> > perceived as the limits or aesthetic conservatism of certain others, I
> think
> > the provocation was healthy to my sense of things (and I certainly got
> > impatient with her on some issues). Alison provided valuable backbone
> here
> > for years and to dismiss that contribution lightly - or with personal
> jabs -
> > rubs me the wrong way. I will miss her presence here and feel badly that
> > there were no conciliatory moves.
> >
> > Stephen Vincent
>
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Joseph Duemer
Professor of Humanities
Clarkson University
[sharpsand.net]
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