tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post3295902236278985451..comments2023-10-21T21:54:39.121+13:00Comments on Tim Jones: Books in the Trees: Poetry Runway: Promoting Poetry, One Contestant At A TimeTim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-43379185599932441472009-11-12T12:21:39.674+13:002009-11-12T12:21:39.674+13:00It was great to have this proposal picked up on by...It was great to have this proposal picked up on by the Huffington Post, but it turns out I'm hardly the first to have this idea - see this 2006 post by Seattle poet Peter Pereira:<br /><br /><a href="http://thevirtualworld.blogspot.com/2006/09/poetry-runway-season-three.html" rel="nofollow">http://thevirtualworld.blogspot.com/2006/09/poetry-runway-season-three.html</a>Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-65430761847208972722009-06-16T21:42:33.669+12:002009-06-16T21:42:33.669+12:00I'm looking forward to being there, Tim, if we...I'm looking forward to being there, Tim, if we aren't all in quarantine by then! And I haven't forgotten about that interview - will be in touch.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-9878238165699301742009-06-16T16:52:24.394+12:002009-06-16T16:52:24.394+12:00Hi Tim. A great pleasure to have you read here in ...Hi Tim. A great pleasure to have you read here in Palmerston North. I enjoyed the conversation afterwards, too. Hope to see you at the BNZP reading at Te Papa on 20 July.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />TimTim Uppertonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-22186438905708884222009-06-11T00:12:22.063+12:002009-06-11T00:12:22.063+12:00I'm a fan of a lot of work coming out of AUP, ...I'm a fan of a lot of work coming out of AUP, Michele has been a formative influence on my work, and I really like Michael Harlow, Tusiata Avia and Selina Tusitala Marsh (I've got a review of Fast Talking PI on my blog as well). A cursory look through Chris Price's latest makes it look very promising, and I'm also a beg Ian Wedde fan. I Haven't read the Orsman, but will have to look into it. <br />With regards to VUP i can't say I'm very enthused. They do release some good stuff, but so much of it leaves me cold. All I've got on my shelf is two Bernadette Hall titles, and Keri Hulme's Lost Possessions. I did go to school with Ele Catton, so should read The Rehearsal, but haven't got around to it. As you can probably guess I'm far more of a poetry boy than a prose one.Ross Brightonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917759678804057979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-36765740980675893392009-06-11T00:02:33.204+12:002009-06-11T00:02:33.204+12:00I should do the same exercise for Voyagers, but of...I should do the same exercise for Voyagers, but off the top of my head, AUP is well represented but VUP not: that has a lot more to do with who was willing to be included than with whose work we wished to include.<br /><br />The VUP/AUP dominance of the anthology you reviewed (really well-written review, by the way) is maintained in recent Montana Poetry Award finalists - see recent discussions about the awards on Joanna Preston's blog: http://jopre.wordpress.com/<br /><br />I should say here that I like a lot of the books VUP and AUP produce, and I'm not saying that these books are unworthy of being finalists - I think <em>The Lakes of Mars</em>, for example, is a fine collection. The problem is that the gatekeepers of prizes and anthologies often appear to be wearing rather large blinkers, VUP inscribed on one, AUP on the other.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-15131053208612250912009-06-10T21:52:11.978+12:002009-06-10T21:52:11.978+12:00Point taken. In Twenty Contemporary NZ Poets, Of t...Point taken. In Twenty Contemporary NZ Poets, Of the 58 books credited nearly half (25, or 43%) are published by VUP, 18 (31%) by AUP and a measly 11 by small-press publishers (the others are 1 by Otago, one by Oxford and a Manhire poem from the London Review of Books). <br />My review is available here:<br />http://ignoretheventriloquists.blogspot.com/2009/04/politics-of-anthologising.htmlRoss Brightonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917759678804057979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-43117166304063470532009-06-10T21:34:37.945+12:002009-06-10T21:34:37.945+12:00Good point, Ross. I think that there are some cliq...Good point, Ross. I think that there are some cliques in poetry here, but they don't divide along technical or stylistic lines - more to do with who publishes whom.<br /><br />I hope your launch on Friday goes well!Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-51266378002321547912009-06-10T13:17:26.981+12:002009-06-10T13:17:26.981+12:00I'm not sure if the NZ show would be a knock-o...I'm not sure if the NZ show would be a knock-off, it might be better. Poetry here, in my opinion, is far less cliquish than in, for instance, the states - witness the divisiveness of Ron Silliman's us (experimental) vs them (mainstream) attitude.<br /><br />Here we have Michele Leggott, an experimental poet, becoming laureate, with no complaints.Ross Brightonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917759678804057979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-5363239955312143102009-06-05T18:33:48.416+12:002009-06-05T18:33:48.416+12:00I don't like Survivor as much ... but if it wa...I don't like Survivor as much ... but if it was Poetry Survivor, in what remote part of the world should it be hosted? Poetry Survivor The Snares sounds promising, but I fear for the birdlife.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-1229785934638870452009-06-05T18:07:09.634+12:002009-06-05T18:07:09.634+12:00That's funny ... I am also a fan of Project Ru...That's funny ... I am also a fan of Project Runway and think you should really push for this Poetry Runway idea ... I also enjoy Survivor ... do you think a Poetry Survivor would be a go-er?Kay Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791873464409271216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-28352183000576802662009-06-05T07:13:09.326+12:002009-06-05T07:13:09.326+12:00I love this. I was just saying this week that our ...I love this. I was just saying this week that our MA class feels like project runway minus the boot-offs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-20839835259709828852009-06-04T22:49:00.576+12:002009-06-04T22:49:00.576+12:00I. Love. This. Idea.
I'd totally watch it. E...I. Love. This. Idea. <br /><br />I'd totally watch it. Especially the US original show. The NZ show would be a bit of a cheap knock-off, and while I'd watch it, I'd hate myself a little bit for doing so.Helen Rickerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652318704387476082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-36233238399114878382009-06-04T22:43:49.544+12:002009-06-04T22:43:49.544+12:00Listen to them, the sniggerers of the night. What ...Listen to them, the sniggerers of the night. What music they make!Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-46861000926393247652009-06-04T21:48:55.060+12:002009-06-04T21:48:55.060+12:00still sniggeringstill sniggeringMeliors Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11611510357627660124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-20812440013167961232009-06-04T21:48:42.027+12:002009-06-04T21:48:42.027+12:00Oh, it's not often I am drawn to that awful ac...Oh, it's not often I am drawn to that awful acronym, but truly Tim, I did LOL reading this post. I would watch Poetry Runway, and as always with reality tv, be thankful that I am not desperate enough to crave such debasement for myself.Meliors Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11611510357627660124noreply@blogger.com