tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982013421663058277.post2366488899661387189..comments2023-04-13T05:58:55.491-07:00Comments on Karen the Small Press Librarian: In Paris a Billboard Boasted Paulo Coelho's Head 10 Feet HighKaren Lillishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04624398526912042847noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982013421663058277.post-42188817346792628672011-02-19T10:54:43.133-08:002011-02-19T10:54:43.133-08:00Karen you are such a lady after my own heart!
I ap...Karen you are such a lady after my own heart!<br />I appreciate that you have the clarity to be both supportive and genuine, inclusive yet discerning. <br /><br />Apart from the reviews matter which I touched on in Meg's thread, I think that we are often dealing with mixed motives and different relationships with small press that have to be acknowledged and understood. Some serve small press, some want to be served by it. We have different ideas about what community means.<br /><br />I am not judging ambition. But what I do hate to see is destructive infighting that takes energy and -frankly- makes small press look bad. It reinforces the idea that small press is the harbor of the inept and the socially dysfunctional as opposed to the valid,vibrant, innovative, alternative community that we are. <br /><br />There are so many things one could get into here, I don't want to give them short shrift, nor do I want to ramble. <br /><br />I would like to hear what others have to say and will check back.Lynn Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454071660605094177noreply@blogger.com