Hallo Robert - what’s happening with your collection of essays by divers hands about their experiences in the poetry world since the 60s? I look forward to it - or is out already and I’ve missed it? It would complement CUSP maybe
On 23 Nov 2015, at 14:07, Hampson, R <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I thoroughly recommend CUSP.
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> Robert
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> And of course David if you really want to know what happened you can buy a copy of Cusp : Recollections of Poetry in Transition, published by Shearsman. A collection of essays (or a collective autobiography as I call
> it) of what happened before a bunch of college boys tried to rewrite the history of British poetry to their own advantage. If you believe your statement below then they have done a brilliant job at this.
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> This is news to me, Geraldine. I thought the British avant garde were
> predominantly middle class university graduates, doctoral students and Eng
> Lit lecturers. At least the "gatekeepers" are.
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> Glad to know things have changed.
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> ----------------Geralidine Monk wrote------------------------------
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> "The British avant garde was and is just a bunch of poetic loonies who for
> the most part are ignored - we would love to have people of other races join
> in. Join us now. Please do. No application form to fill in just write
> some really crazy poetry. Does it need to be more complex than that? All are
> welcome. No one has ever been barred."
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