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Carver poems--compilation?
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From: JSidman at aol.com <JSidman>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:36:15 EST
Although I don't know this for a fact, I would guess that the poems for
"Carver" were WRITTEN as a unified whole, and then sold individually to various literary journals while Marilyn Nelson waited the eons it takes to find a publisher for a poetry book (especially one with such a sophisticated voice). I can't imagine her having written them piecemeal; they meld so well. It often takes a long time (years) to sell a manuscript to a book publisher, and selling individual poems to journals is a way to make the wait bearable. This was true for the book "The Other Mozart," a poetic biography of Mozart's sister Nannerl, recently published by Sharon Chmielarz.
Joyce Sidman Wayzata, MN
Received on Mon 11 Feb 2002 02:36:15 PM CST
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:36:15 EST
Although I don't know this for a fact, I would guess that the poems for
"Carver" were WRITTEN as a unified whole, and then sold individually to various literary journals while Marilyn Nelson waited the eons it takes to find a publisher for a poetry book (especially one with such a sophisticated voice). I can't imagine her having written them piecemeal; they meld so well. It often takes a long time (years) to sell a manuscript to a book publisher, and selling individual poems to journals is a way to make the wait bearable. This was true for the book "The Other Mozart," a poetic biography of Mozart's sister Nannerl, recently published by Sharon Chmielarz.
Joyce Sidman Wayzata, MN
Received on Mon 11 Feb 2002 02:36:15 PM CST
