Cant say I agree with this, Dominic. The sad thing is she's trashed two
reputations.
Sally Evans
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From: "Dominic Fox" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: oops!
>I get the impression that Padel is one of those people who thinks, more or
>less, that all's fair in love and war: that there are certain situations
>where people's basic interests are in conflict where it's no use worrying
>about common decency and reasonableness because you'll just get walked all
>over. Lots of people do think that; I think I don't, but I may be fooling
>myself. She's also one of those poets for whom "being a poet" entails a
>certain shamelessness and egotism, not terribly admirable in themselves but
>necessary to the profession as she conceives it. I'm not sure Walcott is
>much different. Good luck finding a poet with a high public profile who has
>a different notion of what it is to be a poet, or a human being.
>
> Dominic
>
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