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Top poetry magazine editors explain 'the art of choosing'

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Four editors of leading poetry magazines will be explaining “the art of choosing” at Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour, in Old Brompton Road, Earl’s Court, London on Monday 17 February at 8pm. The four are Maurice Riordan (Poetry Review); Michael Mackmin (The Rialto); Patricia McCarthy (Agenda); and Ahren Warner (Poetry London). Coffee-House Poetry is promising a “busier and livelier than ever” series of events this year to celebrate 60 years of poetry at the Troubadour. More details and Map 

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John F Keane

Sun 9th Feb 2014 10:43

The arts nowadays are just various ticks in the usual left-wing boxes. Canonical references, structured form and rational argument are all reflexively disliked. Truly, we live in the age of the LCD.

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Dominic James

Fri 7th Feb 2014 09:46

I've certainly been rejected by most, and I won't howl for my failures, but few magazines hold my interest. Editors sometimes declare their preferences, and sometimes not: there is a grim satisfaction in finding passages of poems and criticism, that consistently fail to give me any pleasure. When I do find something appealing I dip my hand into my pocket for a subscription. Let the others sink. So it would be interesting to hear what the boys from Poetry Review, Poetry London have to say: for at the moment my subscriptions stand at Zero.

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Greg Freeman

Thu 6th Feb 2014 08:34

It is tempting to wonder if, when your poems are rejected by such magazines, that you are perhaps the victim of an establishment conspiracy to exclude outsiders. I've had poems returned from Poetry Review and The Rialto, and the thought did cross my mind momentarily on both occasions. But then I concluded, more reasonably, that the poems were just nowhere near good enough. There has to be a selection process. I carry on trying to improve them. I haven't submitted to these magazines again. Yet.

jan oskar hansen

Tue 4th Feb 2014 09:32

the only art i know by poetry publishers is that,
they tend to like the known and their friends

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 2nd Feb 2014 15:55

I used to browse one or two well known poetry magazines in my local library and was less than
impressed by the absence of verse. It is, of
course, human nature to promote stuff in one's own image but it is regrettable that the most
appealing and accessible form of poetry has
been largely abandoned - perhaps because many
who edit nowadays prefer to follow the fashion
for prose poetry...excellent in its own right
but lacking the pleasing pursuit of discipline
in a vocabulary adorned by the imagination.

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