|
Notices |
It's been a while, Unregistered -- Welcome back to Eratosphere! |
|
|

10-27-2011, 12:42 PM
|
 |
Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 12,945
|
|
Oh, I don't now. It's the chip on my shoulder keeps me writing just to show 'em.
|

12-25-2011, 06:29 AM
|
 |
Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Saeby, Denmark
Posts: 3,244
|
|
Two reviews in Stride Magazine:
here and here.
Duncan
Last edited by Duncan Gillies MacLaurin; 12-25-2011 at 06:32 AM.
|

12-25-2011, 06:57 AM
|
Distinguished Guest Host
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Stoke Poges, Bucks, UK
Posts: 5,081
|
|
Interesting discussion, so I've ordered the book.
Good of Roddy to pop in. He's a poet I admire.
|

12-25-2011, 09:01 AM
|
 |
Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sweden
Posts: 14,175
|
|
I bought the book, and I think it was very good. I meant to say so earlier, but it slipped my mind.
|

12-27-2011, 01:05 PM
|
 |
Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Posts: 3,048
|
|
I have ordered it too. Looking forward to receiving it.
Chris
|

12-27-2011, 03:01 PM
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: CA
Posts: 1,049
|
|
Read and liked it well myself. Kona Macphee seems interesting.
|

12-27-2011, 05:05 PM
|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 7,489
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rory Waterman
It seems to me that there are more good free verse poems being written than formal poems, though I find the splitting into two camps - us and them - depressing and inimical and, as it happens, more reductive than using the word 'Best' in the title of an anthology.
|
The thought ending in the comma has my total agreement; general agreement with the latter. Nothing more radical (in the formalista Sphere) has been stated about poems in years and years.
Just noticed that post--well said, Rory!
The problem is you have to plow through such numbers of poems, whether fv or form, to get to what's good--in most journals. Not all. Best to ignore the moronic rift and those who perpetrate it.
I have not seen a copy of Best British Poetry 2011, though I'd like to. Anyone have a copy they don't want and would trade for US journals? If so, pm me.
Last edited by Terese Coe; 12-27-2011 at 05:32 PM.
|

01-06-2012, 07:41 AM
|
 |
Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Posts: 3,048
|
|
Hi all
I received this book several days ago and have been reading through it. I was surprised first of all to find that the actual poetry is only 112 pages long, most of the rest of the book (pp. 115-155) taken up with contributors' comments and notes. I will be reviewing the book for Loch Raven Review but am so far less than impressed after looking forward to the book and expecting to be dazzled. I note that David Anthony has expressed a liking for Roddy Lumsden's poetry and I wonder if someone could point me to some examples of his work?
All the best
Chris
|

01-06-2012, 08:19 AM
|
 |
Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sweden
Posts: 14,175
|
|
Chris, a Google will give you a whole lot of links to Roddy's work.
As regards notes etc., that is par for the course. I have before me the Best of American 2007 in which the contributor notes etc. take up pages 121 to to 169. The actual poetry pages are 1 to 120. Before that we have a foreword and an introduction.
The BAP 2001 ditto has contributor pages, acknowledgements, etc.233 to 287.
BAP 1998 gives ditto pages at 283-332.
The Best of the Best American Poetry: 1988 to 1997 edited by Harold Bloom has those pages 303-383.
It should soon be time for the Best of the Best of the Best.
|

01-06-2012, 08:31 AM
|
 |
Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Saeby, Denmark
Posts: 3,244
|
|
Seeing as you mention the American "best of", Janice, here's a review of it I stumbled across.
Duncan
|
 |
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
 |
Member Login
Forum Statistics:
Forum Members: 8,509
Total Threads: 22,626
Total Posts: 279,093
There are 1562 users
currently browsing forums.
Forum Sponsor:
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|