[New-Poetry] Re: Gilbert

[Anny Ballardini]

I think I understand what you mean. In Italy there was (he is still alive but I don't think he is still teaching) Vedova (in Italian: widow) at the Academy in Venice. Hords of young kids wanted to learn from him. They were later called "i Vedovini" (the small widows), same style, same story over and over again.

First link I found for you to have an idea:
http://www.arte.go.it/mostre/vedova/niccoli/index.htm

That is how a strong personality/artist usually plays on students.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Suzanne Burns 
  To: NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &amp,Views 
  Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 5:55 PM
  Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Re: Gilbert





  On 9/1/06, Anny Ballardini <anny.ballardini at tin.it> wrote:
    A wonderful picture, thank you.

    Anny


  I agree, and I hope my own words n sharing my first impressions upon meeting him did not seem too harsh.   That workshop was a remarkable experience-- a big part of what I learned though, was how to sort through advice and know what to use and what to quietly put aside. 

  Jack had a great deal to say, but could also be a terrible editor if you were not completely on the same page with him, or even if you were.  It took some effort later on to rid my poems of what I called "Jackisms"-- syntax or turns of phrase that sounded just too much like I took a workshop with Jack. 

  Suzanne Burns



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