He sent a lengthy letter to Harriet Monroe of Poetry magazine to demand to know why she didn’t publish more of his work or review his books and Harriet Monroe - presumably driven beyond endurance by his endless stream of poems - she responded that she found his work derivative and dull and didn’t publish it because she didn’t want to, and I feel a little bad for him because that would be crushing, but at the same time - I can’t feel too bad when he literally asked for it.
ahahaha poor guy. DON'T WRITE A LETTER DEMANDING TO KNOW WHY HARRIET MONROE WON'T PUBLISH YOUR POEMS, though. I always feel a little sorry for people who can't internalize that simple life lesson, but not that sorry. It's not that hard! Just don't do it!
I was hoping you'd like Tarka, but it is very much Not For Everyone and yeah, it's a heck of a lot of landscapes. Well, we'll see what happens!
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Date: 2019-02-06 06:06 pm (UTC)ahahaha poor guy. DON'T WRITE A LETTER DEMANDING TO KNOW WHY HARRIET MONROE WON'T PUBLISH YOUR POEMS, though. I always feel a little sorry for people who can't internalize that simple life lesson, but not that sorry. It's not that hard! Just don't do it!
I was hoping you'd like Tarka, but it is very much Not For Everyone and yeah, it's a heck of a lot of landscapes. Well, we'll see what happens!