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THIS IS HOW WE'LL TALK NOW

“Yes Monica, I have been doing this for 3 decades, having been an editor at The Voice, Housitonic Home and Connecticut Woman Magazine. I do know about copyright laws. It was ‘my bad’ indeed, and, as the magazine is put together in long sessions, tired eyes and minds somethings forget to do these things.
But honestly Monica, the web is considered ‘public domain’ and you should be happy we just didn't ‘lift’ your whole article and put someone else's name on it! It happens a lot, clearly more than you are aware of, especially on college campuses, and the workplace. If you took offense and are unhappy, I am sorry, but you as a professional should know that the article we used written by you was in very bad need of editing, and is much better now than was originally. Now it will work well for your portfolio. For that reason, I have a bit of a difficult time with your requests for monetary gain, albeit for such a fine (and very wealthy!) institution. We put some time into rewrites, you should compensate me! I never charge young writers for advice or rewriting poorly written pieces, and have many who write for me... ALWAYS for free!”

Commiserate! Jubilate! Whatevs!

SPD's POETRY BEST-SELLERS OCTOBER 2010

1. Humanimal: A Project for Future Children by Bhanu Kapil (Kelsey Street Press)
2. Pleasure by Brian Teare (Ahsahta Press)
3. Iteration Nets by Karla Kelsey (Ahsahta Press)
4. God, Seed: Poetry & Art About the Natural World by Rebecca Foust and Lorna Stevens (Tebot Bach)
5. Poems of the Black Object by Ronaldo V. Wilson (Futurepoem Books)
6. Striking Surface by Jason Schneiderman (Ashland Poetry Press)
7. The Cloud Corporation by Timothy Donnelly (Wave Books)
8. Ten Walks/Two Talks by Jon Cotner and Andy Fitch (Ugly Duckling Presse)
9. Dogged Hearts by Ellen Doré Watson (Tupelo Press)
10. Going to Seed: Dispatches from the Garden by Charles Goodrich (Silverfish Review Press)
11. The Burden of Speech by Travis Wayne Denton (C&R Press)
12. One for None by m.g. martin (Ink.)
13. Up Jump the Boogie by John Murillo (Cypher Books)
14. Chinese Notebook by Demosthenes Agrafiotis (Ugly Duckling Presse)
15. Handmade Love by Julie R. Enszer (A Midsummer Night's Press)
16. Man on Extremely Small Island by Jason Koo (C&R Press)
17. Selected Poems by Mary Ruefle (Wave Books)
18. Hughson's Tavern by Fred Moten (Leon Works)
19. Come on All You Ghosts by Matthew Zapruder (Copper Canyon Press)
20. From Threshold to Threshold by Paul Celan (Marick Press)
21. The Redcoats by Ryan Murphy (Krupskaya)
22. Stranger in Town by Cedar Sigo (City Lights Publishers)
23. The Act of Providence by Clark Coolidge Combo Books)
24. Vertical Elegies: Three Works by Sam Truitt (Ugly Duckling Presse)
25. The Irrationalist by Suzanne Buffam (Canarium Books)
26. The New Tourism by Harry Mathews (Sand Paper Press)
27. Cities and Memory by Barbara Henning (Chax Press)
28. So Quick Bright Things by Gail Wronsky (What Books Press)
29. Other Clues by Grace Marie Grafton (RAW ArT PRESS)
30. Miracle Arrhythmia by Rachel Eliza Griffiths (Aquarius Press/Willow Books)