The New Math of Poetry [Audio]
By Eric Hill • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: Branta Recommends, Brave New World, From the Interweb, Podcasts, PoetryBy Elaine Grant on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
Fifty years ago, there were only a couple hundred poetry journals. Then, chapbooks and poetry anthologies began to multiply. And today - with the help of online publications and do-it-yourself websites - poets everywhere are getting their words out.
It’s estimated that a new poetry journal is released every day, and in 2010 alone, more than 100,000 new poems will be published. But, it’s not reader demand that’s fueling this escalating trend. Instead, the vast majority of new poems and poets will never find much of an audience for their work. To talk about the new math of poetry is David Alpaugh, a poet and a writer.
The Chronicle of Higher Education: The New Math of Poetry
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