Yeah, same here. I was pretty active in pursuing scholarship for a while. Now I just want to write my silly poems and post an occasional political or pedagogical diatribe.

I don’t know if you pursue academic writing anymore. If you do, I just ran across this call: link.springer.com/collections/...

On OneA this morning, Jenn White introduced this topic by taking about ‘unsettled science” and disagreements. There is nothing unsettled here, no real disagreements. News folk who change fact for listeners’ tender ears are no longer news gold: they are apologists.

Performance is more dependent on venue/communal modes than poetry is dependent on knowledge of conventions. New performers may echo what they heard in grade school or by some kinds of poets at open mics. Newbies deserve grace; old readers who practice vocal fry have earned some (polite) disdain.

Her daily Facebook posts are great too. I’m not sure if she publishes those elsewhere.

Rush was actually a citizen before he went more batshit to remain viable in his later years. He wasn’t a good citizen, but he practiced some level of debatable argument. Everyone after has gone in spiraling circles into base, yet insincere, hate and alarmism to gain clicks and favor.