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

[Jason Quackenbush]

basically. social status as determined by economic status, with not a little of my tongue between my molars.

Bob Grumman wrote:
> 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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