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I love Philip Larkin’s “An Arundel Tomb.” He hated it. On a side note, I really love that the BBC is willing to spend 30 minutes on the story behind a single poem.
This is, I think, a good way to approach an online poetry journal–make it something other than a paper journal transferred onto a website.
Sherman Alexie hates the Kindle.
Google has now digitized ten million books. Presumably, none of them are poetry collections by Sherman Alexie.
Daniel Nester loves The Outfield’s “Your Love.” And why not? I saw them play in Fayetteville when I was in grad school–they were pretty good.
I’m going to start including a link to someone I think you should be following on Twitter. This week: John Williams of Linebreak. If you have suggestions for people I should follow on Twitter, leave them in comments or email me at poetry-AT-therumpus-DOT-net.
December 8th, 2009 at 11:28 am
I agree online journals work best when they’re not just transferred print. But I’m a little surprised to see people praise the design of Fou twice within a couple of days — it’s a good journal, but as a website, I think it has some usability issues. I’d like to believe journals don’t have to choose between aesthetics and good web design (e.g., a readable index, breadcrumbs).
December 8th, 2009 at 11:29 am
p.s. I am on Twitter
http://twitter.com/egabbert