Comments on: Equivalence http://www.constantcritic.com/joyelle_mcsweeney/equivalence/ Timely poetry reviews Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: annie http://www.constantcritic.com/joyelle_mcsweeney/equivalence/comment-page-1/#comment-50 annie Mon, 08 Dec 2003 14:04:00 +0000 http://www.constantcritic.test/joyelle_mcsweeney/equivalence#comment-50 i'm buying it <br> thank you i’m buying it
thank you

]]> By: Richard Taylor http://www.constantcritic.com/joyelle_mcsweeney/equivalence/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Richard Taylor Mon, 08 Dec 2003 10:57:00 +0000 http://www.constantcritic.test/joyelle_mcsweeney/equivalence#comment-49 Interesting review - this poet sounds very ingenious. I have forgotten what "ekphrasis" means (a term of Charles Bernstein's?) - but the reviewer is right - there is no necessary conflict between schools for literature etc and good writers - in fact one would expect that talent is the greater is the student is critical and humble enough to learn (as well as critical enough to reject what he/she feels is "cloned" or not for him/her).<br> <br> It doesnt mean we all need to go to poetry or creative writing schools - there are benefits, clearly.<br> <br> The danger might be producing more of the same - but the intelligence/creativity of the individual will counteract that.<br> <br> A good review - except maybe the term "committed" is a bit "worrying" - not sure why. Otherwise it is astute and sensitive and it urges me to covet another book I can't afford! Interesting review – this poet sounds very ingenious. I have forgotten what “ekphrasis” means (a term of Charles Bernstein’s?) – but the reviewer is right – there is no necessary conflict between schools for literature etc and good writers – in fact one would expect that talent is the greater is the student is critical and humble enough to learn (as well as critical enough to reject what he/she feels is “cloned” or not for him/her).

It doesnt mean we all need to go to poetry or creative writing schools – there are benefits, clearly.

The danger might be producing more of the same – but the intelligence/creativity of the individual will counteract that.

A good review – except maybe the term “committed” is a bit “worrying” – not sure why. Otherwise it is astute and sensitive and it urges me to covet another book I can’t afford!

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