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Copper-Egg People
Just when you think the folks at Harriet have finally disappeared down the rabbit-hole of Con Writing and its several intersecting tunnels (look just under the sod: they don’t dig deep), in walks Linh Dinh to shake things up.Read More
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Fail Better
As he notes in the title to his post, Martin Earl fails here. But in satire, failure is success, just as—in the satire of literature that is the career of Kenneth Goldsmith—”uncreative writing” is the canny feint of the con man.Read More
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Martin Earl on Günter Grass … and More!
Martin Earl Apropos of my earlier post on the controversial poem “What Must Be Said,” by Günter Grass, I want to direct all Birders to Martin Earl’s lucid Harriet post on the subject. It’s well worth pondering…. It’s also worth wondering why, with the single exception of Earl’s fine post, America’s most well-funded poetry-promotion engine, The Poetry Foundation, has managed to remain utterly silent on what is currently the world’s most famous contemporary poem.Read More
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A View from the Outside
If you haven’t seen Martin Earl’s farewell post on Harriet, read it now.Read More
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Hello, Zeitgeist
There’s a rather amazing new Harriet post by Martin Earl that addresses issues similar to those that Adam Fieled has been admirably wrestling with (see my previous post), but from a more analytical perspective.Read More