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2013 Rhyslings: Awesome/Not So Awesome News

Jul 17, 2013 16:51

Peeking my head up from the practice of law with some good news and some bad news.

The good news is that my Memphis Lovecraftian poem, "Memphis Street Railway Co. v. Stratton: 1915", originally published at New Myths, was nominated for a 2013 Rhysling Award by some wonderful soul. (It also got some lovely praise from very talented poet and editor ( Read more... )

helping us help you help us all, do it cause i say, pope doubts ability to solve this, this is the news from now, for immediate release, nastygrams from the pope, how it is is how it is, sufficient unto the day, rage, also among the things i hate, dammit all to shit, the papal shade recoils from this, or you will miss the poetry, let me tell you a thing or two missy, rule 2.7 b, pope truths, spinster aunt observations, clicky, i am only a poet, how shall i still be purple, i'm too mad to cuss you out even, all junior girls report to the gymnasium, things that are not as awesome as cake, oh you fucking did not, dude uncool seriously, an unpublishable private literature, papal recommendation, books, no shut the fuck up and listen, venom to thy work buddeh, rants, what is this fuckery?, still not batman, let the wild rumpus begin, that was way harsh tai, things i wish i did not have to do

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please stay with SFPA! ext_2083957 July 27 2013, 01:29:17 UTC

Hi Samantha,
I, too, thought the Rhysling book was weird especially the bizarre decision to list authors by first name--something my students in bonehead English would do, but not what I expect from a professional. It does bother me that, possibly, I might not be making the best decisions when voting on the poems based on their versions in the antho, although I think I know a typo when I see one and would not hold it against the author, so why tell people not to buy the Rhysling antho? What possible good could come of this? Do you also tell people not to buy your novels, because believe me, the books I've had published have far more errors than any poetry I've every published anywhere courtesy of the big-time, professional publishers who inserted errors AFTER I had proofed the galleys. That's the way it is in the publishing world, really! I know you're hurt, and there's no excuse for what happened, but please don't take it out on the rest of us in SFPA. We love you and want the best for you and all of us in genre poetry. Also, remember that the people doing this are volunteers. When I was a literary agent, I could not get ANYONE to volunteer as an intern who was not an alcoholic, drug addict, illiterate, or simply unreliable. That's how it is nowadays and we're lucky anyone would volunteer to do the job.
Yours,
Denise Dumars

Re: please stay with SFPA! popelizbet July 27 2013, 02:10:39 UTC

I'm not Samantha. My name is Elizabeth R. McClellan. I stand by my statements and my assessment of the situation. If the Samantha you intended to address was Ms. Henderson, it's a bit late to ask her to stay with SFPA, since she's already resigned. And while I interned in a different field, I was none of those things when interning. As for the volunteer aspect, see my comments to Ms. Bergmann above.

Re: please stay with SFPA! samhenderson July 27 2013, 08:53:54 UTC

Hi Denise!

I'm really confused. This is Elizabeth's journal. Did you mean to respond to her?

To clarify, I have left the SFPA, but not because of the Rhysling anthology.

-Sam

Re: please stay with SFPA! popelizbet August 14 2013, 13:28:23 UTC

If you're going to call me a "Philistine", Ms. Dumars, you ought to have the decency to do it where the world can see you.

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