feedback on Anon
I think Anon’s concept is absolutely bloody fantastic –
and you can quote me on that, anonymously or otherwise.
David Fine, Lit-Net Coordinator
An attractive slim volume, [the poems] ranging from the easily approachable
to the challenging, each well-crafted and powerful.
Rosemary Goring, in The Herald, on Anon One
I think your editorial concept is quite wonderful, and I wish you
every success with the journal.
Dana Gioia, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts,
USA
What a good idea… The reputation rat race that preoccupies most
of the poetry and reviewing and awards scene sometimes comes close to putting
me off poetry, the real thing, for weeks on end.
Philip Gross, Poet
This is nothing short of fabulous. Our celebrity culture is in such
desperate need of an enema. We're completely clogged up with ego and projects
like this have become essential in every way.
Mario Petrucci, Poet
I believe this idea to be a very interesting one, and rather similar
in its motives to the principle of anonymous reviewing in the old TLS...
Why shouldn’t the same apply to poems?
Alan Brownjohn, Poet
Names here don’t count. Only the poetry does. It is judged by
its words, its form, the way it sounds, the way it looks. Quality matters.
Remember that elusive factor? At Anon it’s back.
Peter Finch, Poet and commentator on the poetry scene
What an exciting idea. I realise it's the first time I've been truly
interested in the launch of a magazine for quite a while
Roselle Angwin, Poet and creative writing tutor
The traditional model for evaluating poems is corrupting, is grounded
in belles lettres elitism, and is unavoidably conservative... Confronting
this issue points toward the vexing anthropology of contemporary poetry,
a set of topics not many critics and editors seriously think about.
Anthony Lombardy, Poet
I approve your practice of anonymous submission. At the same time,
if the editor knows his job – and I’m sure you do – this
should make less difference than the public might suppose.
Philip Hobsbaum, Poet and critic
