[New-Poetry] clifton

[cvoisine at nmsu.edu]

I say she managed to become a fine poet while raising 5 (at least) kids. that 
deserves a chunk of change.

connie



Quoting Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>:

> 
> 
> >I agree with Bob that there are poets as good and
> > better than Clifton currently writing, but I don't
> > think that necessarily means Clifton doesn't deserve a
> > nice hunk of cash for her poetry. She may not be the
> > Utter Best, but she's still Pretty Darn Good in my
> > book, so I say cheers to her!
> > Amicalement,
> > Alex
> 
> Well, I'll say this: she's a lot better than many other poets getting 
> grants--and I even think she's a fairly good poet.  Her luck wouldn't bother
> 
> me (much) if only more than one poet outside the mainstream and the academy
> 
> per decade got a respectable grant.  Jackson Mac Low is the only one who did
> 
> that I know of.
> 
> --Bob G. 
> 
> 
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