Category Archives: foetry

New Year’s Eve 2009

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Al

I was a wreck.  In September, I’d sent off my book manuscript to a press I really like.  Since I know someone there, I’d expected to hear something by December.  And then . . . nothing. I felt despondent.  Consider … Continue reading →

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Erasure with Natasha Trethewey

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Al

I mostly enjoyed the Thursday reading and q & a with Natasha Trethewey, sponsored by Literary Arts. Some of her poems sounded nice read aloud. I particularly enjoyed her palindrome. But I admit that I couldn’t focus on the poems … Continue reading →

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John Casteen IV

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Al

I know he lives in Earlysville, VA, so it’s difficult for me to imagine that this visitor (below) to my blog is not him.  Why didn’t Casteen IV sign the letter in support of his buddy, Ted Genoways?

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Ted Genoways

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Al

Now that the alleged workplace bullying of suicide victim Kevin Morrissey has gone national, I thought I’d provide links here to all of the posts regarding Ted Genoways, John Casteen IV, VQR (Virginia Quarterly Review), and UVA (University of Virginia) … Continue reading →

Posted in academic integrity, contest, coverup, crime, ethics, family, fiction, foetry, legal, media, memoir, money, poetry, president, teaching, tenure, threats, victim | 2 Comments

Smack Down

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Al

More than five years ago, I ran an anonymous website called Foetry. It got a little bit of attention: articles in the New York Times, the Guardian, and Boston Globe, as well as cover stories in the LA Times and … Continue reading →

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Ted Genoways is right

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Al

Update: See also a summary of posts about Ted Genoways, VQR, John Casteen IV, and UVA. Virginia Quarterly Review’s well-paid editor calls me bored and frankly, I am.  After his latest rehash of his one trick, I posted a comment … Continue reading →

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Codename

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Al

rperlman calling whitenight.  come in whitenight.

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My Bud Googles

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Al

Andy was feeling sorry for me about the Poetry Foundation Googler, so he did some searches of his own. Now that’s a friend! The screen capture’s hard to read. It says, “www.google.com/search?q=alan cordle rocks the casbah” and “www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=QE6&ei=3aemSpmXI8GcsAbhurCcBg&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=alan cordle put … Continue reading →

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Poetry losing its Foundation

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Al

Someone at the Poetry Foundation doesn’t like me. They keep visiting this site, and as you can see in the screencapture below, opted to search for my name, along with mature words like “asshole” and “dumbshit.” It could be Travis … Continue reading →

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Steamy

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Al

Hey Buddy.  Can’t take the heat?

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