Doug--
Sorry if I misconstrued anything. This was the bit I was referring to (in "Bienvenuto," an essay I found thought-provoking and very smart, by the way):
"Being cognizant of a groundswell of interest in formal poetry—even outside of Johns Hopkins and Ohio State, our main bases of operation, now veritable swarming nests of formalists: Greg Williamson, Andrew Hudgins, Henri Cole (soon to join OSU's permanent faculty), Mary Jo Salter and Brad Leithauser (both joining JHU's permanent faculty), Kathy Fagan, Joseph Harrison, John T. Irwin, and their students—we want to publish poetry and translations of poetry in received forms and nonce forms, reviews, and essays indicative of the best that's being done now, as well as some neglected work of the past."
Now, I did not mean to imply that the operation was a closed shop, but this passage does come across a bit po-biz. But I really didn't mean to pick a fight over it.
Quincy
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