Comments on: The Best Kept Secret in the Valley http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2009/02/the-best-kept-secret-in-the-valley/ Poetry Editor and Struggling Poet Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:38:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: flirten single http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2009/02/the-best-kept-secret-in-the-valley/#comment-350 flirten single Sun, 16 May 2010 02:34:59 +0000 http://timothy-green.org/blog/?p=519#comment-350 thank you very much, awesome stuff :D i just wanted to drop you a comment to say keep up dha good work. thank you very much, awesome stuff :D
i just wanted to drop you a comment to say keep up dha good work.

]]> By: Christine http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2009/02/the-best-kept-secret-in-the-valley/#comment-349 Christine Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:46:38 +0000 http://timothy-green.org/blog/?p=519#comment-349 I have to agree with Karen: it depends on how you define success. Even if the "mainstream" poetry world doesn't see "Rattle" as a top journal, pretty much everyone I talk to who writes or reads poetry does. It's more about the consistency of quality that "Rattle" provides than about trying to jump on the bandwagon of a fad that so many other journals seem to try to do. And in the end, it's the readers that matter, isn't it? I've canceled my "Poetry" subscription, but not the one to "Rattle." I have to agree with Karen: it depends on how you define success. Even if the “mainstream” poetry world doesn’t see “Rattle” as a top journal, pretty much everyone I talk to who writes or reads poetry does. It’s more about the consistency of quality that “Rattle” provides than about trying to jump on the bandwagon of a fad that so many other journals seem to try to do.

And in the end, it’s the readers that matter, isn’t it? I’ve canceled my “Poetry” subscription, but not the one to “Rattle.”

]]> By: Tim http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2009/02/the-best-kept-secret-in-the-valley/#comment-348 Tim Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:51:48 +0000 http://timothy-green.org/blog/?p=519#comment-348 Too west for my blood! I'm from Rochester, and know everything between Buffalo and Albany and south very well, but Jamestown might as well be PA to me:) Too west for my blood! I’m from Rochester, and know everything between Buffalo and Albany and south very well, but Jamestown might as well be PA to me:)

]]> By: Karen http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2009/02/the-best-kept-secret-in-the-valley/#comment-347 Karen Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:28:05 +0000 http://timothy-green.org/blog/?p=519#comment-347 Hi Tim -- I grew up in Western PA, but live and teach in Western New York -- Jamestown, NY, to be exact. Not much of a difference between the two regions. Hi Tim — I grew up in Western PA, but live and teach in Western New York — Jamestown, NY, to be exact. Not much of a difference between the two regions.

]]> By: Tim http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/2009/02/the-best-kept-secret-in-the-valley/#comment-346 Tim Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:15:33 +0000 http://timothy-green.org/blog/?p=519#comment-346 We're definitely successful -- I just keep waiting for the day when we become respected, too, and for reasons listed above, I think that might just not ever happen. I get the impression that the poetry establishment, when they think of us at all, think of us as popular but unimportant. Of course, if we did try to become "important" we'd also become unreadable, like so many of the other lit mags. And I'd never want that to happen. So like Finn says, I should just accept it and treat it like a badge of honor. Anyway, Karen, I didn't realize you were in Western NY -- for some reason I thought it was PA. Where specifically? I grew up in Western NY. We’re definitely successful — I just keep waiting for the day when we become respected, too, and for reasons listed above, I think that might just not ever happen. I get the impression that the poetry establishment, when they think of us at all, think of us as popular but unimportant. Of course, if we did try to become “important” we’d also become unreadable, like so many of the other lit mags. And I’d never want that to happen. So like Finn says, I should just accept it and treat it like a badge of honor.

Anyway, Karen, I didn’t realize you were in Western NY — for some reason I thought it was PA. Where specifically? I grew up in Western NY.

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