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Kenneth Goldsmith

Patricia sez:
You see, Kenneth Goldsmith is going around telling people I don’t exist.
Absolutely not. I would never presume to speak for you nor anyone else, Patricia. I’ve never told anyone what to think about you. Instead, what I said was that without the academy, as a poet I don’t exist. I don’t see you anywhere in that equation.
Kenny

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Kenneth,
I am sorry that you feel you don’t exist beyond the academy. That would seem to be a very small and suffocating existence. Slam poetry has been a conduit directly to the people I want to meet, to the people i want to read and be affected by my poetry. The academy seems to have so much to learn from the slam, and vice versa.
Posted By: Tyehimba Jess on May 24, 2007 at 12:44 pm
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The academy seems to have so much to learn from the slam, and vice versa.
I think this is the key. Both have their advantages.
By the way, I’m not complaining. I’m really happy where I am. It might seem suffocating to you, but I sort of like the studiousness and isolation of academia. It also seems to have a really long shelf life that transcends an event, as thrilling as it might be. I’m interested in things being cooler, maybe colder, more distant. The last thing I want is to meet my readership in the flesh!
Posted By: Kenneth Goldsmith on May 24, 2007 at 1:31 pm
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