[New-Poetry] Recommending Poetry Presses?

Fri Jan 18 13:40:41 EST 2008

I had tenure and all the promotions I could use prior to on-line journals,
but I publish probably over 2/3rds of my work in them now. My university is
smart (or nice) enough to credit these works as publications and I know, as
a member of job-search committees, that we (and I) look upon them as
publications significant enough to lead to hiring, tenure, and promotion.
(Some of our professors not in creative writing are also published in
on-line journals.)

Yet, a highly respected print journal would tend to trump a equally
respected on-line journal. This does not mean that someone could not fair
well at my university (a seconded-tier state university in Louisiana, so
take it for what it's worth) by having a vita filled with on-line
publications.

(Personally, I prefer journal items virtual-thus accessible to all-and books
actual-so that the warmth of the text is all in the words, i.e., to be
held.)

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[mailto:new-poetry-bounces at wiz.cath.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Joseph
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Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Recommending Poetry Presses?

A fair point, Hal, but there is another question worth pondering when it
comes to online poetry zines -- could a poet/teacher get tenure through just
online publications? I'm not sure. This is only one measure of success,
certainly, but it's not an insignificant one. 

I also think that the amount of time and money and energy that it takes
produce and distribute a print publication, lends itself to a perception
that print journals have somewhat higher standing, in general. 

That said, I love online zines and read them regularly... 

What do others think?

Peter

On Jan 18, 2008 11:23 AM, Halvard Johnson <halvard at earthlink.net
<mailto:halvard at earthlink.net> > wrote:

Ah, I've got opposable thumbs too, but there's no book 

as warm as a laptop in one's lap.

Hal, also not averse to other's spending of their money

"Always treat language like a dangerous toy."

                                    --Anselm Hollo

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On Jan 18, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Peter Joseph Gloviczki wrote:

Morning, everyone! 

I think that there are, rightly or wrongly, preconceived notions about print
publications as more reputable than online publications. I tend to prefer
print publications, mostly because I like knowing that someone made the
decision to spend money printing out what I sent them. I also like the
ability to hold a printed book in my hand. 

But, in terms of audience, you can't beat the possibility for millions of
viewers/readers of your work online. So, in the end, I think it's up to the
poet to decide what he/she thinks is the best way to present work. 

Best, Peter

wmfr.blogspot.com 

On Jan 18, 2008 10:16 AM, Halvard Johnson < halvard at earthlink.net
<mailto:halvard at earthlink.net> > wrote:

That's nonsense, unless, of course, you're averse to  

online publication. There are any number of ways

to publish collections online at no cost beyond that

of being online. One could do it at blogspot if one

cared to.

Hal

"Theory, like mist on eyeglasses,

 obscures vision."

                        --Charlie Chan

Halvard Johnson

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http://www.hamiltonstone.org

http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/vidalocabooks.html
<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ehalvard/vidalocabooks.html> 

On Jan 18, 2008, at 10:07 AM, AlMaginnes at aol.com wrote:

There's a lot to be said against contests, but the fact is that for many
poets it's pretty much the only sot, long as it is. With presses
increasingly going to contest route and those that don't stocked to the
gills, sometimes you have to hold your nose and go ahead (I was looking for
a mom in a wet T-shirt contest metaphor, but I don't think I'm well enough
to go there). 

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