Hey everyone! Thanks for the intriguing discussion in the comments section of my last post. Maybe I’m just too much of a can’t-we-all-just-get-along idealist. As Dorianne Laux said, “Schools are for fish!”
Anyway, I’m neck deep in working on a rush-deadline freelance piece and battling tonsillitis and the below-30 temps (I know, but it’s cold for the Pacific NW!) so instead of making up my own post, I’ll post something from Jilly’s blog, a subject near and dear to my own heart:
“So what’s the deal? Why do the mainstream media hardly ever do articles or reviews about women poets? It is often hard to find ANY article to link to.
Are there more men poets than women poets? (When I got my MFA, the poetry students were mostly women.) Are men poets simply better poets than women poets? More interesting? Better at self-promotion maybe? Do articles in which the subject has a penis make for increased sales or something? Are men poets more likely to get published by a large press? What? Is? The? Deal? Here?”
To comment at her blog, click here! Kelli continues the discussion here.
And, Paul Guest is famous. And not just “poetry” famous. Check it out!
Plus, today, I saw a flock of trumpeter swans. Please post any homemade remedies for tonsillitis in the comments. I cannot take any more antibiotics, seriously, or I’ll turn into a superbug myself.