[New-Poetry] 100 Poets You Should Know

[faustina1 at aol.com]

Actually I thought I was responding on another list--but since I am in, I will go on with it...of course every list of everything has an agenda or selection principle, but I meant that this original list did not seem to be promoting a particular school or group.? Frinstance, I like the idea that Sharon Olds and Rae Armentrout are both on it--can not imagine that many readers eagerly awaiting books of both.? Hope I am wrong though.? Janet


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Hi Dave, one of the prerequisites was also the following:

Say it?ain't so about Hayden...I thought he was hanging on in small house in upstate New York. But, yes two?list
criteria are living and?U.S. based?long enough to be considered 'American' by most.?



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From: Bob Grumman 

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David Bircumshaw wrote: 

>I must say I like the original list--partly because it does not seem to have an agenda.? Janet<

?

With respect (and a friendly demeanor) this list certainly does have an agenda: it is 100 North American poets you should know, and, further, North American poets who have emerged from the late 1950's at the earliest.


I thought about that when I saw the title, but then realized that James almost surely meant "poets whose names you will no doubt know" rather than "names you are required to know."

--Bob G. 



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