Thanks, Doug--I appreciate that. And thanks to Ken for his apology. I didn't
see it before I wrote my somewhat tetchy reply.
Joe, I mostly can't make head or tail of what you're saying, esp. in the
last message, except that you think it would be best not to take Ron
Silliman seriously. I simply don't agree with this.
But am going to bow out of the kerfuffle now. Sorry to take so long to
reply--family just in from Finland and it's very busy here.
Rachel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Barbour
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 7:24 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: a roundtable discussion on humor in poetry at
> jacket magazine
>
> It's going to take me some time to get through it all, Rachel
> (but then
> I did see that it took a long time to write it all). but I
> can sort of
> understand both Ken's first response AND his apology. I don't get
> Joe's, as if he didn't like it he could just stop reading. I
> certainly
> don't agree with everyone, as they don't agree with each other, but
> there's a lot of interest there for someone who just can't seem to
> write comic poetry that works (& continues to admire yours,
> which does;
> I particularly said yes to the comments on black comedy, the
> horror/comedy connect.
>
> Doug
> On 8-Jul-07, at 8:14 PM, Rachel Loden wrote:
>
> > Ken wrote:
> >
> >> what
> >> depresses me
> >> here is the expanse of what apparently is leisure time to admit
> >> philosophies of comedy into a world that includes call
> >> centers, WalMart,
> >> and eminent domain.
> >
> > Which world should we have chosen then? The one with call centers,
> > WalMart,
> > and eminent domain seems to be the only game in town.
> >
> > As for leisure time (forgive me while I stop laughing): the
> > conversation
> > took place over the better part of a year, with people posting in
> > between
> > their various duties.
> >
> > It'll be lovely when (and I guess if ) people actually
> grapple with the
> > ideas under discussion.
> >
> > Rachel
> >
> >
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> not monuments, I being
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> but it is little enough.
>
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