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TDR Letter

October 16, 2003

Subject: Tom Henihan's "Poetry Readings - Stand Up and be Counted"

I couldn't agree with him more. For real poetry critique, try a hiphop venue. Not only do freestylers get booed off the stage in battle, but on-line critiques can be brutal. If your lyrics are good but your flow is wack, you're dissed by your audience. Not to be a hater, but these poets Tom is describing are so far out of the real world, fronting for their own self-absorbed interests that they deserve the ignominy they will so righteously get.

Mary Peever
 

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