tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post116069384010709179..comments2023-10-29T07:54:36.000+00:00Comments on georgiasam: The Soft Racism of the Post-Avantputhwuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606399161863289851noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-1160818979557306212006-10-14T10:42:00.000+01:002006-10-14T10:42:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Mark Granierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-1160766879648466272006-10-13T20:14:00.000+01:002006-10-13T20:14:00.000+01:00Well, I replied on on Silliman's blog (when it wil...Well, I replied on on Silliman's blog (when it will show up, I don't know). I dislike his 'SoQ' insult, as he seems to apply it to anything he doesn't personally like, which is quite a lot. <BR/><BR/>But I don't think he was being racist in that particular blog article. He was pointing out only that some poetry travels easier than others. That's how I read it. He was suggesting that Gael Turnbull would be more immediately accessible than Roy Fisher, as his poetry is closer to American speech patterns. <BR/><BR/>Whether that's true, and whether most Americans would agree is another matter. I'm Scottish, so I can't really comment on that.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-1160749780109089562006-10-13T15:29:00.000+01:002006-10-13T15:29:00.000+01:00Got the Sillimen quote wrong. What he said was: "Y...Got the Sillimen quote wrong. What he said was: "Yeats is interesting, tho problematic, operating out of a context that has little to do with U.S., frankly."<BR/>Frankly? Nah. Sounds rather euphemistic to me, a cagey way of saying: Yeats is a fucking bogman. Forget him!Mark Granierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-1160734253202558912006-10-13T11:10:00.000+01:002006-10-13T11:10:00.000+01:00I think the missing piece of the Yank auditory can...I think the missing piece of the Yank auditory canal is the ability to hear 'ceremonious words'. American poetry is so tuned to the vernacular that it no longer recognises poetry pitched in a higher key.sean lysaghthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775517970287151958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-1160730426426719092006-10-13T10:07:00.000+01:002006-10-13T10:07:00.000+01:00Yep, Auden's imagery was 'bland' and Yeats was dis...Yep, Auden's imagery was 'bland' and Yeats was dismissed as 'of no use to us'.Mark Granierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398noreply@blogger.com