[New-Poetry] Does Poetry Have A Social Function?

[Joseph Duemer]

John Fredrick Nims used to write me nice notes as he rejected my poems.

jd

On 1/2/07, TheOldMole <tad at opus40.org> wrote:
>
>  In my lost youth, my very first publication was in Poetry. None since
> then though.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Joseph Duemer <duemer at gmail.com>
> *To:* NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &amp, Views<new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 02, 2007 7:55 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [New-Poetry] Does Poetry Have A Social Function?
>
> Well, Finnegan, over the years APR has published quite a ferw of my poems
> & Poetry has published exactly zero, so you could say I'm biased. I disagree
> about APR, though.
>
> jd
>
> On 1/2/07, JforJames at aol.com <JforJames at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >  In a message dated 1/2/2007 2:07:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > duemer at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > Wimin's panel looks a lot like the Iraq Study Group to me. A group of
> > eminences whose conclusions are known before they begin. With neither side
> > of the debate, ultimately paying any attention to them. Political Kabuki at
> > Poetry Magazine.
> >
> >
> >  To quibble, Joe, I wouldn't call any of that crew an 'eminence'. In the
> > big circulation poetry
> > mags of which there are only two, the APR rag is looking more tired
> > these days. Poetry
> > more full of spit and vinegar than I can ever remember it. Either it was
> > Wiman's doing or the
> > Lilly heiress' cash...but something's changed in Chicago other than the
> > address of
> > their offices.
> > Finnegan
> >
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> Joseph Duemer
> Professor of Humanities
> Clarkson University
> [sharpsand.net ]
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Joseph Duemer
Professor of Humanities
Clarkson University
[sharpsand.net]
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