Thank you all for the warm welcome. I look forward to contributing.
Regards,
Nathan
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Martin Dolan <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Hi Nathan
>
> I look forward to talking with you.
>
> I think I'm mostly self-taught, too. Is there another way? English and
> French literature at university hindered more than helped the writing,
> on mature reflection, however much it helped the understanding.
>
> Regards
>
> Martin Dolan
>
> > Oh yes, this list in great.
> > I've only been a voyeur since I joined a few weeks ago (although I was a
> > member in 2001 or 2002) and thought I'd feel more comfortable
> contributing
> > if I introduced myself to everyone. So hello dear list.
> >
> > I'm a self-taught amateur in the field of literature and poetry, but I
> like
> > to think I'm no longer a diletantte. I've been a voracious reader of
> poetry
> > for about 20 years and a writer of poems for not quite as long. I have
> no
> > idea what kind of writing is current. I've published a few poems, but my
> > real habit has become short fiction: Faulkner said that the short story
> > writer is a failed poet and a novelist is a failed short story writer.
> So
> > yeah, I'm working on a novel (isn't everyone?).
> > What I'd like is to improve my critical understanding of poetry. I can
> get
> > to grips with all the depths of a story pretty easily, but usually
> engage
> > with poetry at some kind of sub-intellectual level. I want to learn
> more.
> >
> > I figure observing the traffic on this list will be a good start.
> >
> > Talk to you all soon, I'm sure.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Nathan Hondros
> >
> >
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