You miss the point. She is claiming to be impartial as an editor, other
mainstream ones may not be claiming this.
On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:38:01 -0400, Mark Weiss
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>And presumably every non-mainstream publication should have a
>mainstream coeditor. Oh, and we should insist on gender and ethnic
>equal representation. Hell, it might be easier to have a national
>referendum on each submission.
>
>Even though she acknowledges that a conflict of interest exists,
>>nevertheless, how can we really be sure that her prejudices don't
come
>>into play in the majority of instances? The only way to ensure
balance
>>would be for Horizon to have two editors of poetry one such as
Holland
>>and one who doesn't "intensely" dislike non-mainstream poetry.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:59:34 +0100, Peter Riley
>><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> >If you're going to make this kind of fuss every time somebody
makes a
>> >public statement attacking, or showing disinterest in, avant-garde,
>> >innovative, whatever, poetry--- you're going to be awfully busy for
>> >the rest of your life.
>> >
>> >Of course they do. The poetry elicits it, the poetry demands it, the
>> >poetry almost needs it. If it didn't happen the poetry wouldn't
have
>> >registered as what it is.
>> >
>> >PR
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