[New-Poetry] when metacriticism goes bad

[Chris Lott]

On the whole, I found it to be quite an interesting discussion. I am
inclined to be averse to Mlinko based on some past correspondence,
which may be the source of my perception that she was basically
subjected to a good old-fashioned smackdown for about the first half
of the argument, then it took a strange turn that I don't really
understand and I no longer know what either she nor Shepherd think.

I see her as having an outsized and idealized view of writing poetry
as a historical political act. I'm sure she would point out how
misguided I am. Maybe it comes from being too young to have
experienced it and living in a time where that kind of thing is so
impossible as to seem that it must have ever been so. It seems to me
that when politics enters the picture, the poetry gets shoved out the
back door.

c


On Feb 8, 2008 6:00 PM,  <jforjames at aol.com> wrote:
> http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/02/who_you_callin_postavant.html
>
>  You wouldn't know a 'post avant' if one hit you in head.
>
>  I was 'post avant' before you were a gleam in your mama's eye.
>
>  Some of my best friends are 'post avants'.
>
>  'Post avant' up yours!
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Chris Lott