[New-Poetry] Aram Saroyan

[jforjames at aol.com]

Perhaps it's verse at an?arbitrary turn? Thanks for the correction. 
Finnegan


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In a message dated 4/21/2008 7:03:23 PM Central Daylight Time, jforjames at aol.com writes: 


Knott's rebuke of PSA and Silliman 's judging reminds me of Donald Justice taking exception to Simic winning the Pulitzer with book of prose poems. As if the prose poem were some kind of invasive species, injurious to native poetry.

Finnegan


I think that was Louis Simpson, who protested that the offical name of the award was for verse.? Whatever you can say about prose poetry, it ain't verse.

Sam 

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