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Secrets of the Editing Trade, Part 1: The Rejection Slip
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If the subscription list of this magazine approximated the yearly inflow of manuscripts – the editors would hire a long string of assistants, have cut flowers replenished daily on their desks, and be less harassed generally. Even then, however, the... Continue reading
Posted Jan 11, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Thank you so much, Jenny and David! I say "sure"a lot, too - is it vanishing, though? (Then again, I often say "okie dokie," which I think Delmore seldom did. And I've been known to say "soitenly," alluding to another great American wordsmith, but that's a whole 'nuther story.) Cheers to you both!
Toggle Commented Jan 11, 2013 on The Beautiful American Word, Sure at The Best American Poetry
Thanks for your comments, everyone. I've read each of them with great interest and much appreciation. I'm grateful to all of you for reading and thinking about my reflections.
Toggle Commented Jan 11, 2013 on Death of a Literary Magazine at The Best American Poetry
The Beautiful American Word, Sure
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An alien crowd of nurses, residents, attending physicians, and machines and carts careened and hummed everywhere around his wife. If she had needed her husband during her labor, if she had hopes of counting on him, well, as usual, he... Continue reading
Posted Jan 10, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Death of a Literary Magazine
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It wasn't pretty. The decision was made by people who probably didn't read or look at it. It had been around for decades, surviving literary, cultural, cold, and military wars. It was killed by university administrators. The deciders aren't even... Continue reading
Posted Jan 9, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Gluttons for Poetry (by Don Share)
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I've been amused - bemused, more accurately - by the continuing discussion, among American poets, of an apparent "glut" of poetry. Poetry must be one of the very few things Americans feel there is too much of, but there are... Continue reading
Posted Jan 8, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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Poetry makes nothing happen? Think again!
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I'm going to begin the week by reprising a piece a version of which I once ran on my own blog; it's the best opening salvo I can think of for a few days of rumination. In the days to... Continue reading
Posted Jan 7, 2013 at The Best American Poetry
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