tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21643056.post8564121212775262637..comments2023-05-12T13:43:18.239+01:00Comments on Dedalus Press - Poetry Matters: NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS (and publishing scams!)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21643056.post-62944469276719179892012-12-22T18:06:36.447+00:002012-12-22T18:06:36.447+00:00PB said...
I shouldn't have thought that ... PB said...<br /><br /> I shouldn't have thought that being based in Belfast (another jurisdiction, as you helpfully point out) means that Irish Pages cannot be included in a (partial, hence the ellipsis) list of poetry publications "on this island".<br /><br /> And given that the original article explicitly references "print and digital" publications, Southword has a perfect right to be there too. (I might also have mentioned Moloch among a number of others.) The Moth, to the best of my knowledge, receives no financial support from The Arts Council or any other funding body or agency. As for West 47, I'm afraid news of its demise hadn't yet reached me, partly because it was never the most regular of publications and many such publications do come and go, often with long periods between issues. (Among other 'occasional' publications one could mention the annual Stony Thursday Book from Limerick, which seems to bridge the gap between book and journal, between local and national ambition.)<br /><br /> My point of course is that I did not intentionally overlook Crannóg, and the original article clearly suggested there was lots more going on in these and other parts.<br /><br /> Perhaps you missed the fact, but the article is not simply "about literary magazines" but about the communities that form around and, hopefully, between them. Your evident sense of exclusion is sadly far from rare among publishers, and writers, including among many of those in receipt of some but never ample levels of funding.<br /><br /> It seems a pity to end your effort to highlight the work of one journal by employing the crude device of casting doubt on the value and worth of others. All of the journals and publications mentioned I'm sure believe in the work they publish. Why else would they come into being and continue to exist?<br /><br /> Your accusation concerning "the promotion of a select few by various interests" might be made by any would-be contributor rejected by any journal or magazine, here or anywhere. For what it's worth, I am not and never have been a journalist: but given your evident interest in the subject, perhaps you should yourself take on the job of writing an article on small magazines and journals, on how they get by, how they reach readers as well as writers... It might do more for fine small publications like Crannóg than spending time puzzling over imagined slights.PBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11953459518861951038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21643056.post-46950686203877908152012-12-22T13:39:23.553+00:002012-12-22T13:39:23.553+00:00West 47 has been defunct for many years. Southword...West 47 has been defunct for many years. Southword has gone online. Irish Pages is in a different jurisdiction.<br />It is difficult to improve Crannog's 'visibilty' while in competition with amply publicly funded magazine's such as the ones you list. However a quick bit of research such as Googling Irish literary Magazines immediately throws up sites listing Crannóg. One site put us number three in the top ten of Irish lit mags. If I were writing an article on literary magazines that's what I'd do, rather than propagate the status quo. Nothing will ever change while writers and journalists take the easy way out. I don't mean to sound negative about this and I don't presume it's a conspiracy but I am genuinely concerned about the possible effect on the quality of poetry that the promotion of a select few by various interests can engender.Tony O'Dwyerhttp://www.crannogmagazine.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21643056.post-90917088155609018682012-12-21T23:20:02.515+00:002012-12-21T23:20:02.515+00:00Yes, and for Irish Pages in Belfast, West 47 up th...Yes, and for Irish Pages in Belfast, West 47 up the road from you, Southword in Cork, ... Ah, those dots again... Rather than presume there's some conspiracy, it might be better to explore ways to improve Crannóg's visibility "east of the Shannon". You might find the reality far more welcoming than the caricature you present.PBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11953459518861951038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21643056.post-20684705313123379262012-12-21T22:43:11.785+00:002012-12-21T22:43:11.785+00:00Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, The Moth,...Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, The Moth, The SHOp, Cyphers...<br />I assume the three dots stand for magazines west of the Shannon, or maybe for magazines not propped up by the arts council, or maybe a magazine like Crannóg, going for ten years now continuously but obviously unheard of inside the Pale!Tony O'Dwyerhttp://www.crannogmagazine.comnoreply@blogger.com