tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post7591620808125845589..comments2023-10-31T09:37:59.862-07:00Comments on Rocket Kid Writing: Small presses depressedRachel Dacushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15754712503067644226noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-13645452166939584272007-06-15T20:12:00.000-07:002007-06-15T20:12:00.000-07:00Thanks for pointing me toward the article. It's sh...Thanks for pointing me toward the article. It's shocking, and the verse hilarious. As a fundraising consultant, I'm dismayed to hear about these legal shenanigans, to the tune of $250K in atty. fees. I wondered for a couple of years after hearing about the bequest what the heck they were doing with it. Now I know. Getting more.Rachel Dacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15754712503067644226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-70692140032392709332007-06-15T10:37:00.000-07:002007-06-15T10:37:00.000-07:00You should also note that the Foundation apparentl...You should also note that the Foundation apparently has a large legal budget. The use to which this budget was put is the subject of the now-famous pamphlet on-line at the Chicago review, "This Rhymeless Nation," found here:<BR/><BR/>http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/review/ThisRhymelessNation.pdf<BR/><BR/><BR/>LPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-76382439626645549912007-06-10T19:22:00.000-07:002007-06-10T19:22:00.000-07:00And I hope to be proven wrong in my assessment of ...And I hope to be proven wrong in my assessment of the Foundation, one of these years. There's such potential there, with that kind of funds, to change the poetry game entirely. I suppose I'd start with buying poetry textbooks for high schools that can't afford them. Then revitalize Poets in the Schools program everywhere. Probably someone more imaginative than I can come up with better ideas.Rachel Dacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15754712503067644226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-23709891842416323662007-06-10T15:48:00.000-07:002007-06-10T15:48:00.000-07:00for realfor realAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com