[New-Poetry] 100 Poets You Should Know

[Bob Grumman]

Jason Quackenbush wrote:
> I prefer agendas that are clear and out in the open. It's the agendas 
> of things like the original list which go largely unnoticed that i 
> find unsettling.
But, Jason, the original list neutrally recorded the names of the 100 
most visible American Poets (in James's view).  I don't smell an 
agenda.  Each reader of the list is free to make of it what he will--I 
as strong evidence of the importance of conformity for visibility, 
others as strong evidence that there are only three kinds of valuable 
poetry, Iowa Plaintext, Formal and Language.  So what?

--Bob G.