Re: how to get published
William Hochman (wh14@is9.nyu.edu)
Sat, 25 Sep 1999 11:38:01 -0400 (EDT)
Richard Hugo, a man who at times was my second father and who wrote some
fine american poetry believed that everyone had at least one poem or story
in them worthy of publication (possibly as "great" as some of our
greatest). The catch is that we use langauge (or paint, clay, music,
motion, electrons or whatever) to write our poems and stories. As Frost
said in his "Road Not Taken," "And that has made all the difference."
Writing for fame or even probable publication is a longshot that has put
plenty of people onto couches like Scottie's and even into the ground
still shaking their heads. But writing to say what you can say well and
maybe even sing, Ahh, Buddy, you sleeping Tyger you, will
ps Camille, keep the fire strong--your words work online and in the
stories I've read...give them a lifetime, willya?