Comments on: Paid to Blog http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sina Queyras http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/#comment-18308 Sina Queyras Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:08:32 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4198#comment-18308 Hi Eileen, I've blogged about my reading of Lisa Robertson quite a lot over the years, and spoken publicly about the sense of apprenticeship I have felt as a reader of her work. I constantly marvel at it. The inadequacy is certainly all mine. Having said that, while one might feel inadequate as a reader of LR's work, that need not stop anyone--the texts are infinitely inhabitable. I've learned an enormous amount through my--by now long term engagement with the texts. It's ongoing. And very pleasurable. Hi Eileen,
I’ve blogged about my reading of Lisa Robertson quite a lot over the years, and spoken publicly about the sense of apprenticeship I have felt as a reader of her work. I constantly marvel at it. The inadequacy is certainly all mine.

Having said that, while one might feel inadequate as a reader of LR’s work, that need not stop anyone–the texts are infinitely inhabitable.

I’ve learned an enormous amount through my–by now long term engagement with the texts. It’s ongoing. And very pleasurable.
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]]> By: Eileen Myles http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/#comment-18296 Eileen Myles Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:18:42 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4198#comment-18296 Yeah Matt, I think it was obvious I understood what she meant. Cool insertion though. Since both Sina and Rebecca cited inadequacy I wanted to ask what that was about. I consider them both friends and Lisa too so I wanted to prod a little. I thought Lisa's greatness shouldn't lose her readers. Maybe the "inadequacy" was inadvertantly a critique? Now I am asking for trouble. Yeah Matt, I think it was obvious I understood what she meant. Cool insertion though. Since both Sina and Rebecca cited inadequacy I wanted to ask what that was about. I consider them both friends and Lisa too so I wanted to prod a little. I thought Lisa’s greatness shouldn’t lose her readers. Maybe the “inadequacy” was inadvertantly a critique? Now I am asking for trouble.
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]]> By: Gail White http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/#comment-17796 Gail White Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:31:27 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4198#comment-17796 I'm more into kittens than babies. Send a picture of Misha! I’m more into kittens than babies.
Send a picture of Misha!
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]]> By: Rebecca Wolff http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/#comment-17794 Rebecca Wolff Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:22:22 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4198#comment-17794 They do! Even the ones that end up in the hospital, as this one did. I've never seen such a relieved-looking midwife. They do! Even the ones that end up in the hospital, as this one did. I’ve never seen such a relieved-looking midwife.
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]]> By: Rebecca Wolff http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/#comment-17793 Rebecca Wolff Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:21:36 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4198#comment-17793 Hey, yes, thanks. The cardboard art (and the work inside) is by Jason Middlebrook, an artist of great range and ingenuity. Hey, yes, thanks. The cardboard art (and the work inside) is by Jason Middlebrook, an artist of great range and ingenuity.
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]]> By: tom ze http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/#comment-17754 tom ze Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:01:53 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4198#comment-17754 homebirths rule. homebirths rule.
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]]> By: Maggie May http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/#comment-17728 Maggie May Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:31:32 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4198#comment-17728 I love the cardboard Fence cover- the cardboard art and other raw material arts are fitting right in with the suck economics. I love the cardboard Fence cover- the cardboard art and other raw material arts are fitting right in with the suck economics.
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]]> By: Rebecca Wolff http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/#comment-17276 Rebecca Wolff Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:56:19 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4198#comment-17276 Yes, I am feeling humbled as a writer of poetry. I'm just blown away by her range of vernacular, erudition, confidence, dynamism, energy, etc. I guess this means I'm also humbled as a reader since, what else am I when I'm reading the text. I don't have it here with me at work today but later I'm going to site some of the actual words. Yes, I am feeling humbled as a writer of poetry. I’m just blown away by her range of vernacular, erudition, confidence, dynamism, energy, etc. I guess this means I’m also humbled as a reader since, what else am I when I’m reading the text. I don’t have it here with me at work today but later I’m going to site some of the actual words.
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]]> By: Matt http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/#comment-17269 Matt Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:36:07 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4198#comment-17269 I think she means inadequate as a writer, not a reader. I think she means inadequate as a writer, not a reader.
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]]> By: Eileen Myles http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/#comment-17106 Eileen Myles Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:25:39 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4198#comment-17106 I don't get the inadequacy. You mean jealousy or envy? How can a reader be inadequate. I am also a Lisa fan. . . I don’t get the inadequacy. You mean jealousy or envy? How can a reader be inadequate. I am also a Lisa fan. . .
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]]> By: Sina Queyras http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/#comment-16466 Sina Queyras Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:56:37 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4198#comment-16466 Oh, I hear you on the feelings of inadequacy reading Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip. Looking forward. Oh, I hear you on the feelings of inadequacy reading Lisa Robertson’s Magenta Soul Whip. Looking forward.
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]]> By: Margo Berdeshevsky http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/#comment-16426 Margo Berdeshevsky Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:09:17 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4198#comment-16426 Yes for "la petite mort" & your metaphoric ellipse to it, Rebecca. There are women for whom birth is orgasmic. & My midwife friend concludes that post-partum lasts for the rest of a woman's life, each time. Then how many deaths she carries in her, as well as lives... La petite mort, French for "the little death" = post-orgasm, pre-spiritual release.I've often been interested in its different meanings--to men & women. Back to birth: a mother, a parent, mostly believes the child born--is hers/his, forever. As poet--I often prefer to believe that once written, the poem is no longer mine but the readers' & hence released, dead, & alive, both & at once...maybe a mental exercise, but it can clear the path for a next. best, margo Yes for “la petite mort” & your metaphoric ellipse to it, Rebecca. There are women for whom birth is orgasmic. & My midwife friend concludes that post-partum lasts for the rest of a woman’s life, each time. Then how many deaths she carries in her, as well as lives… La petite mort, French for “the little death” = post-orgasm, pre-spiritual release.I’ve often been interested in its different meanings–to men & women.

Back to birth: a mother, a parent, mostly believes the child born–is hers/his, forever. As poet–I often prefer to believe that once written, the poem is no longer mine but the readers’ & hence released, dead, & alive, both & at once…maybe a mental exercise, but it can clear the path for a next.

best,
margo
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]]> By: Gina Browning http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/#comment-16410 Gina Browning Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:11:08 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4198#comment-16410 Hi Rebecca, I thoroughly enjoyed your thoughts, and congratulations on becoming a new "God parent"! We adopted both of our kids, the last one, a daughter, from China. And let me tell you, I had plenty of poetry to write during that whole (LONG) process!! Looking forward to viewing your post some more! Cheers! Gina Browning author http://www.eloquentbooks.com/MoonbeamDreams.html (A children's fantasy bed-time story written following my hysterectomy!)Inspired? For healing? for closure? don't know....... Hi Rebecca,
I thoroughly enjoyed your thoughts, and congratulations on becoming a new “God parent”!
We adopted both of our kids, the last one, a daughter, from China. And let me tell you, I had plenty of poetry to write during that whole (LONG) process!!
Looking forward to viewing your post some more!

Cheers!
Gina Browning
author
http://www.eloquentbooks.com/MoonbeamDreams.html
(A children’s fantasy bed-time story written following my hysterectomy!)Inspired? For healing? for closure? don’t know…….
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]]> By: Thom http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/07/paid-to-blog/#comment-16359 Thom Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:44:36 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=4198#comment-16359 Ah, Rebecca Wolff! Wonderful to read your great private ideas! Look forward to more in the series. --FormerFenceIntern, Thom Dawkins Ah, Rebecca Wolff! Wonderful to read your great private ideas! Look forward to more in the series.
–FormerFenceIntern, Thom Dawkins
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