tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post141158362365444667..comments2023-06-27T16:51:05.805+02:00Comments on The Pangrammaticon: New Prose and PoetryThomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post-49180597314534646672008-08-06T19:53:00.000+02:002008-08-06T19:53:00.000+02:00Yes, I felt that same guilt, which is why I've wai...Yes, I felt that same guilt, which is why I've waited so long to tell the story. (It's three years old.)<BR/><BR/>But I now see that we really do need to shake our heads and roll our eyes at things like this. It's just another example of the lamentable state of retail expertise. This was even a <I>used</I> bookstore, where you normally expect book lovers to man the counters.<BR/><BR/>She's got a job in a book store and does not know the prose/poetry distinction! That's ridiculous. It's not just ignorance.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post-78962429362137267222008-08-06T19:33:00.000+02:002008-08-06T19:33:00.000+02:00Although it’s probably a sin to take delight in th...Although it’s probably a sin to take delight in the ignorance of others, I really enjoyed this little anecdote. Especially, the brilliantly operational definition of prose, “the writing reaching all the way out to the right hand margin”. In any case, welcome back.Presskornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03480116067878605339noreply@blogger.com