Hi Wayne, In the footer of the website on the right side you'll see a menu called Outreach and underneath, a link to something called "creative writing". This is the place. It's empty now, but we can put in a bibliography of literary work based on EP's life, or a video clip, or anything useful we might find. R Quoting Wayne Pounds <[log in to unmask]> on Mon, 12 May 2014 08:36:21 +0900: > Roxanna, you say you've made a place on the website for > contributions of the sort that Bob Bowen mentions, but where exactly > is it? What is the button called? > > Many thanks-- > > Wayne > > On May 12, 2014, at 8:29 AM, Roxana Preda wrote: > > Hi Bob, > "Ezra in Bedlam?" Oh, I'm all ears! > You know, I would like to collect these things, plays, fiction and > poems about EP, I mean we should know about those efforts and > archive them. They are attuned to the times and give us a measure of > how Pound was read and interpreted over the years. > Thank you so much for mentioning this play, I'll look it up. If you > come across further such titles, please let me know. I have made a > place on the website especially for them. Some must make us cringe, > but some might be good, who knows? It's a whole field of > investigation I am very curious about. > > Thank you for registering as a member, I plan to keep things moving! > > With all my best, > Roxana > > Quoting [log in to unmask] on Sun, 11 May 2014 21:57:49 +0000: > >> Roxana: >> >> >> >> Thank you so much for "Make It New." The first time I read those >> words from EP I felt like he pushed the right button merging my >> heart with my brain as one in all that I do. Since that moment I >> have tried to always work them together. Using the brain without >> the heart begets evil, the heart without the brain renders foolish >> outcomes. Too bad that youth is wasted on the young as we spend >> most of it learning how to die at peace with the world. >> >> >> >> I just subscribed to "Make It New" and look forward to many hours >> experiencing the work of Ezra Pound. I was the Literary Manager at >> the New Playwrights' Theatre of Washington in the 1970s when we >> produced a new play "Ezra In Bedlam" by Ken Arnold of Philadelphia. >> That was the inspiration for me to open my mind to the real work >> of Ezra Pound rather than the mainstream media bashing published >> during my youth. >> >> >> >> --Robert M. "Bob" Bowen >> >> Chairman, Constitution Party of New Mexico >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> >> From: "Roxana Preda" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2014 1:32:59 PM >> Subject: Ezra Pound Society website and little magazine >> >> Ezra Pound Society Bulletin no. 5, May 11, 2014 >> >> Dear friends, >> >> Since I took over the running of this society of ours last year, I >> have been talking to you about the desirability of a website and a >> newsletter for our society. >> >> At some point I realized that the best thing would be to launch them >> together. They are ready now and the time has come to show you what I >> have been working on for the past few months. >> >> I must confess that I?ve been rather ambitious for our society ? other >> literary organisations have websites, but none, so far as I know, is >> interactive, like ours. >> >> All the other societies have newsletters, but none so far as I know, >> is multimedia. In fact, the quality of contributions I received for >> the first issue have prompted me to change its status to ?little >> magazine?. If you care to register on the site to read the little mag, >> I think you will agree with me. It is called Make It New. >> >> The magazine, as well as my proposals for society projects are closed >> to the wider public and open just to members. You will see that the >> table of contents of the little mag is open access. But in order to >> actually read it, you?ll have to register. >> >> At this point this website is our society home. It is a house with a >> lot of empty rooms waiting for your contributions and improvements. I >> have provided just the minimum content, or a few placeholders. Ideally >> it should become a place where we are comfortable to return ? to adorn >> and enrich it as every loving homeowner does. >> >> The society is now initiating another way of gaining and cultivating >> membership. In the past, members were the subscribers to Paideuma, a >> model common to other literary societies as well. >> >> While we would certainly urge Pound scholars to maintain their >> subscriptions to the journal, I think that another model, with a >> low-cost subscription would be an incentive for more people to become >> members. The society financial goals are as ever, to have a money >> foundation for the awards. Then, if there is anything left, the >> society could initiate and carry out a number of projects, which are >> described on the website. It could also ideally offer some help to >> deserving postgraduate students (a modest subvention of conference >> travel costs comes to mind in that respect). >> >> Finally >> Like anything that is new, the website might not always perform >> smoothly or be the same for everyone in every circumstance. We are now >> testing, experimenting. You have to make allowances for my new role as >> web designer/ administrator. If you have problems or suggestions, >> don?t shoot, just drop me an email or simply offer your help, it will >> be welcome. >> >> As to the magazine ? when you see the pilot issue, you will have a >> better idea of what it can do for us. Justin Kishbaugh will run it as >> a managing editor and Barry Ahearn and I will be in the wings to look >> kindly over his shoulder. We plan to do more reviewing, especially the >> publications of the last two years. If you?d rather start smaller and >> provide a chapter or article summary, this is welcome too. Just get in >> touch. >> >> This is a cordial invitation to you all to become members of a changed >> Ezra Pound Society ? with new presence and visibility, improved means >> of communication, and a unique chance for us to work together. >> >> Just go to http://www.ezrapoundsociety.org >> >> With all my best, >> Roxana >> >> >> -- >> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in >> Scotland, with registration number SC005336. >> >> > > > -- > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > > -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.