[New-Poetry] Recommending poetry presses and beyond

[Anny Ballardini]

In Italy they'd say: tagliente

tagliare- to cut
in its gerund form it indicates precision, sharpness and the idea of a shearing cut


  From: Halvard Johnson 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:32 PM



  In Saudi America, success is spelled $ucce$$,
  doncha know?


  "We don't serve fine wine in half-pints, buddy."
  --Robert Ashley


  Halvard Johnson
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  On Jan 22, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Skip Fox wrote:


    Another question might concern the term “success.”


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    I agree with David that the press does matter. General readership and curiosity will sell a certain amount of books. Without the poet going out and promoting the book, you will reach a saturation point in a relatively short amount of time.


    Another question might be: Is it necessary to tour to make a poetry book successful? Being a member of an artrock band, the only way we sold discs is to barrage a city with our music. Appearances, posters, and stores, then move on to the next town and do it again. To make your work sell, you better network the daylights out of it. Quality matters, but I am sure you have all read books raved about by other poets, that force you to question the entire process.
    Does marketing diminish quality of the work? Absolutely not. But, it doesn't add to it either/. 


    Russ
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