LIKE TO SUBMIT ARTICLES TO YOU BUT I DOUBT THAT THEY HAVE THE TIME.
"ALSO I DON'T FIND THE POETRY (THE RARE TIMES | HAVE READ ANY OF IT) ANY MORE SACCHARINE OR JUVENILELY ROMANTIC THAN EMILY DICKINSON IT'S JUST THAT DICKINSON WAS A BETTER WRITER PER
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"ÎN KEEPING WITH MY FORMER SUGGESTION, ANOTHER ONE MIGHT BE A READER'S RESPONSE COLUMN TO YOUR LESBIANA COMMENTS. ASK WHAT OTHERS FELT ABOUT THE BOOKS YOU HAVE REVIEWED, PRO OR CON. IT COULD BE A VERY INTERESTING MONTHLY DEBATE.
"YOU MIGHT ALSO RUN A YEARLY CONTEST FOR POETRY OR FICTION PROSE WITH A PRIZE BEING A FREE SUBSCRIPTION OR IF THE FUNDS ALLOW,
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A SMALL CASH PRIZE. THERE ARE COUNTLESS CATEGORIES THAT WOULD STIMULATE INTEREST AND GIVE A FEELING OF BEING A 'PART' OF YOUR MAGAZINE."
Y. WACM., NEW YORK
"I THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO SEND ME THE ISSUES OF THE LADDER WHICH RECEIVE ALL MY ATTENTION.
"IN THE ISSUE OF JULY THE PICTURE ILLUSTRATING 'ARTEMIS SMITH SPEAKS FOR HERSELF' IS A FELICITOUS INNOVATION.
"I'VE BEEN VERY INTERESTED BY THE DR. W. B. POMEROY'S SPEECH. CONCERNING THIS OPINION 'OUR PRESENT-DAY ATTITUDES STEM FROM THE ANCIENT JUDAIC LAWS...' I AGREE AND I BELIEVE IT'S PARADOXICAL, IN A WORLD IN FULL EVOLUTION, OUR ATTITUDES, OUR PREJUDICES, ALL OUR ETHIC CONTINUE TO STEM FROM MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN CODE WHICH TOOK OVER ANCIENT HEBREW LAWS, OLD OF MORE THAN 2000 YEARS!
"I CONSIDER, IF THE CHURCHES HAVE MAINTAINED THE MORAL BORN FROM THE ANCIENT-TESTAMENT'S ETHIC, ETHIC OF PROHIBITION, OF TABOOS, ETC... (YOU DON'T...), THE VERITABLE CHRISTIC MORAL IS ABOVE ALL A MORAL OF ACTION, OF EFFICIENCY (YOU DO...), A LIBERATOR MORAL WHICH CONDEMN ONLY WHAT IS PREJUDICIAL FOR OTHERS.
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