against disgorgement

I’m against disgorgement art: lacking the sifting, selection and shaping that makes art engaging and compelling.

content control

Content is revised by selection and highlight.

selection is criticism

Even organizing a reading series is a critical act.

not this, not that...

If a poet flips through his/her book at a reading, that’s probably a bad sign. Shouldn’t almost any poem one turns to in the book be worth reading aloud?

role players

The editor selects, the critic corrects.

kind of craft

Part of craft is selection of content.

this then and not that

A poet who unfailingly knew what to say and when to say it, and most of all what should be left unsaid.