[New-Poetry] Bad blog reviews

[Judy Prince]

I agree, Chris, about Bob's intellectual honesty.  Bob, bless his heart,
tends to be generous, open, and ready to admit he's wrong or OTT.
Regarding S & S, I've read only the url'ed reviews that Finnegan gave us.  I
don't find them more personal, obviously wrong or absurd than Bob or other
commenters [myself included] on NP or other poetry lists.  I think most of
us critique as if we're grinding axes and sound as if we're attacking the
poets themselves; it takes monumental discipline to do otherwise.  That
said, understood, and duly noted, I feel it's essential to recognise that
the critiques may be in major part spot-on and that the critiquers are
reasonable people.  It's easy and unwise to dismiss the whole because of
some of its parts, to end the discussion as it's just begun.
Best,

Judy

2009/3/10 Chris Lott <chris.lott at gmail.com>

> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Judy Prince
> <jbalizsprince at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > To reprise the original discussion:  Schiavo and Schroeder nailed it,
> > scraping lotsa skin as they did, but hitting all the bases with a real
> > sensitivity to what makes some kinds of bad poetry.  Maybe S & S are the
> New
> > Bob Grumman.
>
> There is but one BobG....
>
> I don't know that Schiavo nailed anything.. the stink of a personal
> agenda is palpable and some obviously wrong facts and absurd
> extrapolations in the one area  I actually know something about (the
> Corea poem) makes me suspicious and undermines my confidence.
>
> One thing I am sure of with Bob is his intellectual honesty. I
> disagree with Bob, but I admire him and learn from him... whereas I
> don't think Schiavo's review is wholly honest.
>
> Not to mention that I've seen and liked a number of Dickman's poems
> (most of which are nothing like his New Yorker poems, which certainly
> weren't my thing). So insofar as Schiavo is making aesthetic judgments
> I find him further suspect. But on that score reasonable people can
> and do disagree.
>
> c
>
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