[New-Poetry] 100 Poets You Should Know

[jforjames at aol.com]

Bob, the International list I suggested should try to avoid personal taste and sensibility, and try, as much as possible, to step back
and to survey what poets, for whatever reason, seem to be gathering the most attention in our times.??
That being said, I don't think this 'visible set' is?always mutually exclusive form the set of poets that really will
stand up over time. A net of hundred or so will surely have in it a few keepers.

For example, UK-centric, I'd put J.H.Prynne and Geoffrey Hill on my list of the International 100.
Finnegan

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
Bcc: jforjames at aol.com
Sent: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 7:29 pm
Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] 100 Poets You Should Know


Jim, are you asking for 100 international poets a poet ought to make sure he knows (as in a physicist should know algebra), or about 100 international poets a poet is likely to have heard of (as in you should know where Port Charlotte Middle School if you live on the corner of Hayworth and Midway--since it's less than a hundred yards from there)? There is a huge difference between the two. Your previous list had so few poets I think any poet ought to make sure he knows that I was sure you had to mean the latter. And you have been emphasizing visibility rather than quality, for the most part.?
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