Against Conceptualism: Twitter Reax

Cal Bedient argues that conceptualism in poetry leads to misery, militancy, and reactionary political values: http://t.co/FJxoOUdHF4
— Boston Review (@BostonReview) July 24, 2013

The Boston Review is "Against Conceptualism": http://t.co/R7DFpyiwoT
— derek beaulieu (@derekbeaulieu) July 24, 2013

They fail to appreciate that, for Conceptual Literature, every concept implies a "passion"—(smirk…): http://t.co/fEI5kNPDM9
— Christian Bok (@christianbok) July 24, 2013

"Against Conceptualism" @BostonReview My next project will be an erasure of this essay run through Google translate! http://t.co/iFPFJqS6Iz
— Jesse Lichtenstein (@jgl541) July 24, 2013

there are many problems here, but how could anyone mistake flarf for cerebral? http://t.co/th0lC7cAbo
— anne boyer (@anne_boyer) July 24, 2013

Conceptual poetry can make you feel something. I don't need a weepy soundtrack in my poem telling me how to feel.
— Elisa Gabbert (@egabbert) July 24, 2013

I've been saying for years, the new avant-garde betrays the old. Cal Bedient agrees w/ me in "Against Conceptualism." http://t.co/XCf3wlfmo4
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 24, 2013

There are some scathing and nuanced points in Cal Bedient's take on Conceptualist poetry: http://t.co/INM2ir877A
— cathy park hong (@cathyparkhong) July 26, 2013

Against Wanking. Or why I'm not giving this piece http://t.co/LMy1RnQQLh another minute of thought.
— Lemon Hound (@lemonhound) July 24, 2013

Lots of examples of great contemporary poets using conceptual techs w. strong emotional outcomes, but mone is cited http://t.co/I8zJ2JqJWa
— German Sierra (@german_sierra) July 24, 2013

Now that I've read this Cal Bedient piece, I'm convinced he's gone mad. He's arguing for life values? And name-dropping Simondon & Stiegler?
— Jeb Whitney Haley (@old_jeb) July 25, 2013

I hate emotion.
— Charles Bernstein (@ChrlesBernstein) July 25, 2013