[New-Poetry] Re: thanks, David Graham

[Bob Grumman]

> Well, as I'm fortunate enough to be blessed with the gene that allows
> me to enjoy Transtromer, I'll say thanks for the note as well. Not so
> sure how thankful I am for the rest of the discussion, but why not--
> it's the holidays!
>
> c

Hey, I have that gene, too, Chris!  That I may not like him as much as you, 
and certainly not as much as David, doesn't mean I can't enjoy his work. 
For instance, I just finished reading Dashiel Hammett's Red Harvest.  The 
characters are cardboard bad guys and good guys (who seem to have inspired 
Chester Gould), the plot is preposterous, but I enjoyed it a lot.  I think I 
will never understand this either/or attitude about taste--i.e., you either 
find nothing to complain about in an artist or you dislike him--that so many 
poets have.

Note to CC--I suddenly have several literary-critical things on my platter, 
so it may be a while before I can play your game.

--Bob G.