Re: 30/451

Yeah, Woolf was a snob and yeah, she was wrong about not publishing
poetry until the age of 30.

But I wonder which poets she had in mind when she said that :).

Jim

tina carson wrote:

> Woolf was a snob. Look where we'd be if Dylan hadn't begun until 30?
> Or Led Zeppelin? Or Kate Bush? Or...
> On the other hand, I once heard an interview with a songwriter. He
> was asked how long it took him to write a song. He said "30 years and
> five minutes. Five minutes for the song, 30 years to have something
> to write about". I still believe that my writing gets better with my
> age, but it's just rubbish to automatically discount something based
> upon the writer's age. Snobbery, stupidity, and buggery.
> "in a tiff" tina
>

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