Yes, thanks for the link, Dave, I didn't know this periodical. I usually
find what John Mathias has to say about modern poetry interesting. In
general, I tend not to resonate with O'Brien's approach, or the poets he
seems to prefer. But, a big but, this is not a determinative of my enjoyment
of actual poems, which I always try to read without preconceptions.
I never possessed *Conductors* but looked at it - then, when I wanted to buy
it it was gone, gone and never called me mother. I find Iain Sinclair is a
gas, even though I have trouble getting through a whole book of his prose.
But I never read all the way through *The Anatomy of Melancholy* either.
Anyone for Peter Reading? I've got a lot of pleasure out of his work, even
though I don't reread it (perhaps I should).
mj
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From: Douglas Barbour
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Subject: Re: Conductors of Chaos
Yes it is. I have read Tuma's book & agree with Matthias that it's an
excellent introduction to recent British poetry outside the usual
mainstream.
Doug
On 30-May-09, at 10:58 AM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
> http://www.altx.com/EBR/ebr10/10mat.htm
> of interest.
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