[Aaron Poochigian]

Thank you, Julie.

Yes, I suppose we should have a General Discussion thread on the ethics of submitting. I just want my work to reach a wide audience--whatever their politics.

[Sarah-Jane Crowson]

That's interesting - I've had a quick look & the publication looks bonkers to me but not as much as that odd classical poet's site - & also The New Statesman is highly political, and from a personal perspective, so are some of the things I've submitted to, and been published in past-and-present (not because of politics, more because of pushing-the-boundaries content).

If you start a thread it'll be interesting.

I wonder if it is just about ethics or is it also about critical consumption of knowledge?

The Arts (not just poetry, but music, image) has huge power, I think - Illustrators, too - who are commissioned/pay-to-order, but also bring their own thoughts and perspectives to each piece, regardless of the publication space. And sometimes those visual thoughts/ ideas can be highly nuanced, work to bring a more subtle approach to any polemics within an article they're illustrating.


Sarah-Jane

[Julie Steiner]

Sorry, Aaron--I should have realized that my remark couldn't help but steer the thread a certain way.

I'm sincerely delighted that some dyed-in-the-wool conservatives might spot your new collection's title in your bio, and buy it under the impression that it presents a more orthodox view of religion than it actually does, and have their minds opened a crack as a result.

[Sarah-Jane Crowson]

Eek. Sorry, I didn't mean to be contentious or awkward or create weird landscapes.

I'll look forward to reading your poem, in whatever context.

Sarah-Jane

[Allen Tice]

Originally Posted by Aaron Poochigian

Thank you, Julie.

Yes, I suppose we should have a General Discussion thread on the ethics of submitting. I just want my work to reach a wide audience--whatever their politics.

We've had variants of such a thread in the past, where I was among those electrified to a bright halogen lamp glow by being published in a venue whose editor failed to bend the knee to an Eratosphere rival. Dactylic hexameter things asked for by the late M.L. West that no one else in the US whom I tried wanted to publish.