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Re: did we learn nothing from Landon?
by OneArt
I'm with MA on this one....My actual name is so common that to do "the google" is nearly useless. There is even a poet, deceased, of no relation, who shares my name. This has caused some interesting situations when I've submitted poems for publication...."we thought you were dead...." So now those of you who pay attention know where I work and live and a bit more about me. I'm not adverse to that, but have had enough of bill collectors calling me because my phone book listing, first initial, last name, seems to be the moniker for so many deadbeats ; I will continue to borrow identity from Elizabeth Bishop and leave it at that.
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