[New-Poetry] Another analogy to explain the aesthetic divide

[Bob Grumman]

I think I'm getting it--the socs are the socialites and the greases the 
underclass?  A taxonomy based on social status rather than techniques or 
subject matter or whatever.  Yes?

--Bob G.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Quackenbush" <jfq at myuw.net>
To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &amp;Views" 
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Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Another analogy to explain the aesthetic divide


> it was my innovation. gabe gudding was posting about social scripts on the 
> poetics listserv, and so i thought i'd try my own hand at taxonomizing. 
> The Outsiders seemed like teh obvious choice, although I honestly think 
> that the breakfast club allows for a more sophisticated analysis.
> JforJames at aol.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 9/3/2006 6:33:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>> bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net writes:
>>
>>     Yeeks, a taxonomy has snuck into new-poetry without my awareness. Waz 
>> goin' on?  Can you explain your terms, James--I can't find any
>>     post where you did, and I have trouble figuring out what you might
>>     mean by them. --Bob G.
>
>> Bob, sorry not to explain fully...that's not mine. I just snipped that 
>> bit off of the Poetics List because I found it an amusing way of looking 
>> at the world of contemporary poetry...
>> a novel take on 'schools of poetry'.
>>  Finnegan
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