tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360167919886596728.post1744018664016446876..comments2024-03-27T03:35:18.721-04:00Comments on Pansy Poetics: Dear Christian Teresi and the AWP,Steve Fellnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383222975171349962noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360167919886596728.post-45871164224478974342009-08-15T12:19:25.659-04:002009-08-15T12:19:25.659-04:00I think it's hilarious that you're critici...I think it's hilarious that you're criticizing the intellectual muscularity of AWP panels in an incredibly petulant, anti-intellectual tone on a blog (or whatever the hell this is). What do they call that in your world? Meta-irony? I need to get off the internet--permanently. Or take more goofballs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360167919886596728.post-73329413693965633242009-08-11T11:57:40.423-04:002009-08-11T11:57:40.423-04:00Collin,
I know we've had our disagreements,fi...Collin,<br /><br />I know we've had our disagreements,fierce and many. But I do want you to know that if I go to AWP, I will excitedly sit in on your wonderful panel. The topic is great, and as you know I do respect you, as I've said in and out of this blog: I amazed by your work in terms of creating community.Steve Fellnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383222975171349962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360167919886596728.post-44870853601560604652009-08-09T17:02:32.117-04:002009-08-09T17:02:32.117-04:00I promise if you come to my panel, we won't bo...I promise if you come to my panel, we won't bore you with reading our own work. Our panel on finding ways to balance a career while being a poet has some great panelists -- Lola Haskins, Megan Volpert and Karen Head -- and we hope to bring some thoughtful ideas and tips to the discussion. Actually, we're stunned our panel was selected over some of the more "famous" folks. Like I said, it's like playing the lottery.Collin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360167919886596728.post-78898037026209474322009-08-09T07:38:22.173-04:002009-08-09T07:38:22.173-04:00Aside from all the inane panels they offer, that h...Aside from all the inane panels they offer, that has been my biggest complaint about AWP over the years: panels that false advertise and promise to be a discussion about some idea and then the poets just get up and read their work as if the work will speak for itself. I find it incredibly intellectually lazy. After skipping going to any panels for a few years, I lucked out last year: the handful of panels I went to that advertised as panels were actually panels. Refreshing to have panelists take the time to write up a paper or poetics piece, exercise the critical side of their brain.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10420294910127743751noreply@blogger.com