tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post7351190287676126802..comments2024-02-05T15:01:44.563-05:00Comments on Cleveland Poetics: a place for cleveland's writers and readers: Shooting at Penguinsmichael salingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717310933948991992noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-39070347943750382952012-01-05T07:23:01.979-05:002012-01-05T07:23:01.979-05:00Have you seen the sales figures for poetry? The o...Have you seen the sales figures for poetry? The only thing that ever sales is anthologies like this one - I think this is a stunt to increase coverage - if it bleeds, it leads.<br />Otherwise this volume would sink to the bottom of the ocean under its own weight...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-72235214255795998012011-12-30T22:06:17.379-05:002011-12-30T22:06:17.379-05:00I find it curious that this anthology has garnered...I find it curious that this anthology has garnered so much attention, but "Poems for the Millennium" (vols 1&2, respectively) have not. Perhaps they're a bit too far outside Vendler's radar, but I think they disprove a lot of her theories, especially "No century in the evolution of poetry in English ever had 175 poets worth reading."<br /><br />I also find fault with this statement, as it assumes the only poetry being written in America (or the United States, if one must be pedantic) is in English.pottygokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03530399360457624135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-14501034761725464702011-12-28T10:33:43.159-05:002011-12-28T10:33:43.159-05:00Read anthology editor Rita Dove's response her...Read anthology editor Rita Dove's response here: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/dec/22/defending-anthology/John B. Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-8381576497230720032011-12-28T10:32:26.692-05:002011-12-28T10:32:26.692-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.John B. Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-44886184362664564902011-12-28T09:54:31.919-05:002011-12-28T09:54:31.919-05:00Many other things the NYRoB writer says seem very ...Many other things the NYRoB writer says seem very reasonable and apt to me (e.g. on Dove's selection - or lack thereof - of Wallace Stevens' work). But I feel ill-equipped to offer a totally intelligent and confident response without first acquiring a copy of the anthology in question.John B. Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-71852515602389494012011-12-28T09:17:30.144-05:002011-12-28T09:17:30.144-05:00I've only just begun reading the New York Revi...I've only just begun reading the New York Review of Books piece, but I almost immediately found something I'd heartily debate: "No century in the evolution of poetry in English ever had 175 poets worth reading." I would have to add "UNTIL the 20th century." I'm certain there are many 20th century poets this reviewer has not read, including many Cleveland area poets who (leaving aside whether or not they belong in this anthology) are most certainly "worth reading."John B. Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497208622485346132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-64364005044215834412011-12-27T17:32:49.896-05:002011-12-27T17:32:49.896-05:00With the number of comments, has anyone ever thoug...With the number of comments, has anyone ever thought that we may need an antibiotic to clear up this staff infection?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com