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Re: [Fwd: Re:PF and Parody--response to JF]
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In a message dated 1/25/2010 11:58:46 AM Central Standard Time,
nabokv-l@UTK.EDU writes:
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> Those who wonder whether VN contemplated publishing the poem separately
> should know that he did try to sell it to Esquire, prior to the publication
> of the novel. Esquire turned him down, saying that they didn't publish
> poetry.
>
As an interesting sidenote on this, re. my earlier post on "rustic" poets,
Esquire began publishing poetry in 1969 or 1970, if memory serves. Guess
who was the first poetry editor. James Dickey, noted rustic.
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nabokv-l@UTK.EDU writes:
>
> Those who wonder whether VN contemplated publishing the poem separately
> should know that he did try to sell it to Esquire, prior to the publication
> of the novel. Esquire turned him down, saying that they didn't publish
> poetry.
>
As an interesting sidenote on this, re. my earlier post on "rustic" poets,
Esquire began publishing poetry in 1969 or 1970, if memory serves. Guess
who was the first poetry editor. James Dickey, noted rustic.
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