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All the bells and whistles along with the candy spots do not cause one to read. There one may pause but for a second in the blah, and then move on for content. News, views, and adds do not sell themselves. What they need is the story. People need people as much as the dawn needs day and in the night the words that touch the world touch all. ...
Posted to The Browser by Stephen Craig Rowe on June 23, 2008
FAQ's about being given the business about verse
1. Sometimes I see a poem in Slate or another magazine, and it doesn't do a thing for me. Half of the time I can't figure out what it means—what is that all about? Generalizing won't do. We'd have to discuss a particular poem. At times prominent magazines publish things that aren't very good. Pure hypocrisy and/or inanity, coming from someone ...
Posted to Culturebox by White_Rabbit on April 18, 2008