Tuesday, August 31, 2021

It ain't prizes …

… What Makes a Great Writer — PoemShape, (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

The obvious word that nobody in the article seems willing to use is dishonest. The simple fact that the activities of Roth and any number of editors and critics involved in these quid pro quos remained, for all intents and purposes, a closely kept secret until now, suggests that they all knew better. Why hide (or demurely fail to mention) something that one needn’t be ashamed of?

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