http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/04/im-okay-im-just-floundering/ A blog from the Poetry Foundation where contemporary poets debate classic and contemporary poetry from America and around the world. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:27:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/04/im-okay-im-just-floundering/#comment-259 Tanya Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:13:51 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=146#comment-259 Thank you. This was a good read. One of the many things it does is to hint at the debate on the role of the critic. There are times when critics can impose silence on a body of work. If this "essay" becomes part of a larger project, you may want to examine your discussion of silence within the context of place/culture. I'm thinking of how often in Jamaican literary circles (based on my observations)"floundering" is considered a huge sin and silence is often praised because of the view that a "good poet" cannot be a prolific writer. Thank you. This was a good read. One of the many things it does is to hint at the debate on the role of the critic. There are times when critics can impose silence on a body of work. If this “essay” becomes part of a larger project, you may want to examine your discussion of silence within the context of place/culture. I’m thinking of how often in Jamaican literary circles (based on my observations)”floundering” is considered a huge sin and silence is often praised because of the view that a “good poet” cannot be a prolific writer.

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