a poem isn't a poem if the author is the only reader. Schrödinger & his cat..
KS
On 10/10/2007, Joseph Duemer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sure, Jon, but this isn't really news, is it? And even if that is the main
> or only reason to publish poems -- to get them on your vita -- such is the
> way of the world. Are you suggesting that poetry is too pure for such social
> contexts? That appearing in a journal corrupts something previously
> undefiled? And how is the reductive focus of getting another line on your
> vita tied up with the epistemological issue of "realness"? Is an unpublished
> poem on your hard drive even a poem at all?
>
> jd
>
> On 10/10/07, Jon Corelis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > The main reason to publish poetry is as a credential to prove that
> > you're a "real" poet. This is quite literally the case: there's a
> > clear hierarchy of prestige among journals and book publishers, with
> > the level of prestige correlating exactly to the amount of "realness"
> > which publication in them confers on the poet published in them.
> >
> > To put it another way, more practically, and more bluntly, the reason
> > to publish poetry with a journal or book publisher is so you can add
> > the name of that journal or publisher to your resume.
> >
> > (I seem now to hear from all over the world scattered cries of
> > "EEEK!!! WHAT HE SAID!!!!!...")
> >
> > --
> > ===================================
> >
> > Jon Corelis www.geocities.com/jgcorelis/
> >
> > ===================================
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Joseph Duemer
> Professor of Humanities
> Clarkson University
> [sharpsand.net]
>
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