[New-Poetry] 100 Poets You Should Know

[TheOldMole]

Carruth listed in Wikipedia and Poets.org as still alive.

Anny Ballardini wrote:
> 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. 
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Bob Grumman <mailto:bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
>     *To:* NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &amp;Views
>     <mailto:new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
>     *Sent:* Thursday, November 22, 2007 1:56 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [New-Poetry] 100 Poets You Should Know
>
>
>
>     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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