Palish

The Chronicle of Higher Education ran an article last week about Foetry. In short, Alan Cordle, a research librarian, grew tired of the frequency with which major poetry prizes are won by the former students/lovers/houseboys of the judges. For those of us with any passing connection to the writing world this comes as no surprise, but, funnily enough, this guy really pisses off a lot of people, including Jorie Graham (who compares his accusations to a lynching. Nice.).

I love this guy (despite the awful pun. I also forgive him for the fact that he refers to writers on his most wanted list as "foets"). First, he's a librarian. Second, he's got a whole generation of poets and the graduate students who love them running scared. Maybe I should by him a ticket to MLA next year??