[New-Poetry] Against National Poetry Month

[Bob Grumman]

Oops, now my computer IS apparently letting me send URLs out.  Sorry for the duplicate.  The first took a while to get posted, so I thought it hadn't been.

--Bob

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Grumman 
  To: NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &Views 
  Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 6:02 PM
  Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Against National Poetry Month


    Well, this is meaty:

    URL of Bernstein essay I deleted because my computer won't let me transmit URLS.

    The sad thing about the quotation, and the essay, is that so many of us have been saying the same thing for years and gotten nowhere.  Oh, well, nice to know someone like Bernstein who might actually be read by a few members of the general public is still blitzing the Academy of American Poets (though, ironically, he'll almost certainly be a member of it one of these days).

    Bernstein suggests having an anti-poetry month.  I'd prefer an Innovative Literature Month.  I know nothing could be more unAmerican and sure not to happen, still . . .

    --Bob


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