[New-Poetry] Dorset Prize Dustup

[Anny Ballardini]

Since I can't every time praise James, I will second Tad, 

From: "TheOldMole" <Opus40-01 at opus40.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:01 PM


> James -- I love that. Great image.
> 
> JforJames at aol.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 3/24/2007 1:34:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>> Opus40-01 at opus40.org writes:
>>
>>     I'm not sure I completely follow this. I do like Levine's response.
>>
>> Tad, I think the intensity of the scrutiny and criticism speaks to 
>> feeding frenzy that these book prize contest
>> have spawned. That and the fallout from Foetry.com and its outing of 
>> various "inside jobs" that have gone on and continue to 
>> subvert the 'blind' ("No peeking now!, I mean it.") judging of these 
>> contests. Contemporary poetry has fomented a mess of presses offering 
>> the Famous Dead Poet Poetry Prize and University Press Poetry Prize 
>> and the Who's That First Book Award, and now we poets happily like 
>> lemmings follow these Pied Pipers as we haplessly crest over the 
>> cliff's edge into an anonymous abyss waving a $20 entry fee check like 
>> a broken wing
>>  
>> Finnegan
>>  
>>
>>
 
> -- 
> Tad Richards
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