The Sheriff and the Goatman

36 / CHRONICLESndecadence, of the American poetrynscene.nThe truths lost on these professorpoetsnare that success in academianrequires acceptabihty, whereas successnin art requires individuahty that risksnunacceptabihty, and then that successnin the former does not guarantee successnin the latter. This second truthnaccounts for why so many professorpoetsnnowadays are embittered aboutnthe lack of commensurate . . .