Tuesday, July 22, 2008

News at Eleven: [Joanna] Lumley praises [Liz] Cowley for

preferring to call herself a writer than a poet: 'Liz would never dream of describing herself as a "poet". She even dislikes the very word "poetry" because she feels there is a divisive ring to it, as if the genre were up there on a rarefied pedestal.'

But her comments have drawn the wrath of many of Britain's leading poets.

from The Guardian: Lumley attacks 'obscure' new poetry

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