As far as publication and so forth--who knows? Hell of a lot easier if you're a woman or black nowadays than in previous eras--which is a damn good thing. As far as publication--depends. And between Mahon, Walcott, Heaney, and a few others, we seem to have roughly our allotted portion of great running around at the moment.
As far as the time-wasters, snobbish gatekeepers, messers with inflated views of what they do, etc., there are probably more of those than ever, but hey, you can also have a discussion about a draft in real time with people whose opinions you respect on four continents.
So, it's hard to say.
Quincy
[This message has been edited by Quincy Lehr (edited December 03, 2008).]
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