tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35149424.post7309586605803801725..comments2015-07-20T08:00:17.658-07:00Comments on milk and paper: Things to KeepMelissa Crowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106042723556856565noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35149424.post-58881193921109813422015-07-20T08:00:17.658-07:002015-07-20T08:00:17.658-07:00Dear Melissa,
Repeated tries to email you at BPJ ...Dear Melissa,<br /><br />Repeated tries to email you at BPJ have been unsuccessful. I'd like to send you a short thank-you note as an answer to your email from BPJ; the note is titled "Thanks to You":<br /><br />Thanks ever so much for your critique of the end of one of my poems. Thanks to you I went back and—as you say—fiddled with the last stanza. The results are more than A-OK (I hope), and they reaffirm Valery’s dictum that a poem is never finished—except when Melissa Crowe helps out!<br /><br />Gratitude and best wishes,<br /><br />Jim Reiss<br />reissja@miamioh.edu<br />www.jamesreiss.com/<br /><br />On Jul 16, 2015, at 1:31 PM, Beloit Poetry Journal wrote:<br /><br />Dear James Reiss:<br /><br />Your manuscript has received a careful reading, but we have decided against holding it for our second round of deliberations. Thank you, though, for giving the BPJ the opportunity to consider it. What I really appreciate in this set is the tight music, particularly in "Eating the Menu." I like the poem a great deal but think perhaps its ending gets a little heavy-handed. Maybe fiddle there?<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Melissa Crowe, co-editor<br /><br />2015-07-16 14:31:40 (GMT -4:00)JFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11701181959020600346noreply@blogger.com