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----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Alpert" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:10 AM Subject: Re: 2 poems "Ann Lauterbach Ruth and David E. Schwab Professor of Languages and Literature Program(s): Integrated Arts, Literature, Writing Program in Fiction and Poetry B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison. Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Columbia University. Teacher and director of the literature program at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Books include If in Time (2001); On a Stair (1997); And For Example (1994); Clamor (1991); Before Recollection (1987); Many Times, But Then (1979). Contributing editor, Conjunctions (1981- ). Wrote column "The Night Sky" in American Poetry Review. Grants: New York State Foundation for the Arts, Ingram Merrill Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation, MacArthur Fellowship (1993). Faculty, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts and Center for Curatorial Studies. (1997- ) David and Ruth Schwab Professor of Languages and Literature." Will Poetryetc's "board" post the list's language regarding sexism. That phrase "meaty masterpiece", within a context which can't be regarded as literary criticism and more closely resembles jealous personal assault (repeated from "before"), needs serious consideration. Oh, yes, that other point - which any neocon journal ranting about political correctness would simply adore ... I'm reminded of Stanislaw Jerzy Lec's aphorism, "Don't tell your dreams - what if the Freudists come to power?" An equivalent might be: "Avoid metaphors - there are Derridists about ..."