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[Halvard Johnson]

I'd say there's just the right amount.

Hal

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 5:57 PM, TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org> wrote:

> I'm for "falsely new." There's far too much genuineness in the world.
>
> Halvard Johnson wrote:
>
>> I suppose that you /might/ find folks who'd agree with you on these
>> points,
>> as long as they're content to allow /you/ to define "first-rate,"
>> "second-rate,"
>> "third-rater" and "genuinely new."
>>
>> Beyond what I've just said, I wouldn't care to comment.
>>
>> Hal, a non-jumper
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net<mailto:
>> bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>> wrote:
>>
>>    Before anyone jumps on me, I concede that I got carried away,
>>    again.: there /have/ been first-rate American poets who have
>>    gotten money in the past few years from the Establishment.  The
>>    problem is that no first- or second-rate American poet who is
>>    doing anything genuinely new has.  And a lot of third-raters have.
>>
>>    --Bob G.
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