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Originally Posted by Aaron Poochigian
I lost faith in the movement in the aughts when Dana Gioia had what was basically his own press write a laudatory critical assessment of his own work and then had a free copy of this propaganda book handed out to everyone at the West Chester conference. Gee, thanks! How generous! All praise Chairman Mao! Just like Donald Trump having his own news network.
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Aaron, this is hysterical, and something I had not known about, before. I developed in isolation, outside New Formalism, and this event probably preceded my introduction to it. Thanks for the laugh this early in the day. And bravo, on the win at
Poets Respond. It's a fine poem.
Jennifer