e had a thread in my lj where a college class had given the impression publishers were evil, too.
If I were still on the list I'm no longer on, I'd point them to this post. :-) Publishers and their editing process were considered suspect there, too.
I don't understand why this is considered suspect. Unless the writers are all poets and don't ever expect to make money by publishing. I think poetry is important for academics -- it's in the prestige, and not in the money, that its importance lies.
I also think that, depending on the course, there's a strong sense that publishers produce hack-writers, not 'real' writers. Or perhaps there's a sense that you can write for love, or you can write for money, and that publication by Evil Corporations is akin to prostitution. I'd never be in one of those because I write SF/F. Ditto mystery or romance writers -- in fact, any genre writers. I might be able to get in on the poetry (university reviews), but that was a long time ago.
I honestly don't know; I'm trying and failing to understand the mind-set. What I'd really like to know is what, exactly, these people are told in that class. And no one is stepping up to offer that information <wry g>.
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Date: 2004-08-04 10:02 pm (UTC)If I were still on the list I'm no longer on, I'd point them to this post. :-) Publishers and their editing process were considered suspect there, too.
I don't understand why this is considered suspect. Unless the writers are all poets and don't ever expect to make money by publishing. I think poetry is important for academics -- it's in the prestige, and not in the money, that its importance lies.
I also think that, depending on the course, there's a strong sense that publishers produce hack-writers, not 'real' writers. Or perhaps there's a sense that you can write for love, or you can write for money, and that publication by Evil Corporations is akin to prostitution. I'd never be in one of those because I write SF/F. Ditto mystery or romance writers -- in fact, any genre writers. I might be able to get in on the poetry (university reviews), but that was a long time ago.
I honestly don't know; I'm trying and failing to understand the mind-set. What I'd really like to know is what, exactly, these people are told in that class. And no one is stepping up to offer that information <wry g>.