Art press defends poetry coverage amid criticism
Art press responds to complaints from contemporary poets about insufficient coverage of poetry in the magazine. The editorial acknowledges that poetry receives disproportionately little attention in its pages, with reviews appearing only by exception or accident. It criticizes the magazine for sometimes praising indefensible and outdated 20th-century poetry while ignoring the current "golden age" of poetry reborn as performance and spectacle. The last time art press devoted multiple consecutive pages to contemporary poetry was in 1998. The dossier aims to make amends.
Key facts
- Contemporary poets complain about art press's lack of attention to poetry
- Art press admits poetry coverage is outrageously small
- Reviews of poetry appear only by exception or accident
- The magazine has praised indefensible and outdated 20th-century poetry
- Poetry is said to be in a new golden age, reborn as performance or spectacle
- The last time art press covered poetry extensively was in 1998
- The current dossier is an act of amends
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