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especially as far as they concern the ultra-academicism of Poetry Review under its retiring editors and the male bias in Guardian Books
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Sorry - but I never saw any ultra-academicism in Poetry Review. I saw a variety of different poetries running side by side, making interesting if not startling juxtapositions (Andrea Brady vs. Carol Rumens, for instance) that was the first time anyone had tried to bring the School of Quietude (Ron Silliman's phrase for "mainstream" lyric poets) and the Bristish end of the post-avant poetry brigade together in one magazine. I really liked it for that.
Some of the early articles were a bit dense - though recently they've been good - Andrew Jordan's account of his work as a poet in prison was very thoughtprovoking.
I'll miss 'em, anyway.