Me what whoosis?

This Creeley article Jared and I are working on is kicking my ass around. But it's been great to read some of the Creeley/Olson letters - Creeley has some incredibly funny riffs on rejection letters that were making me yell with laughing. I read them to Catherine on the phone last night and she agreed. Here are a couple (first, an actual rejection letter w/C's comments, then his made-up rejection letter). Robert Creeley!!!!!!! It makes me happy and sad how awesome he was.

here's rejection #1, the real rejection letter:
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{Handwritten by magazine editor on top of printed slip:}

Thank you for your trouble.
-The editor.

THE EDITOR OF "VARIEGATION" WISHES TO THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING THE ENCLOSED MATERIAL AND REGRETS THAT HE IS UNABLE TO USE IT. YOUR INTEREST AND ACCOMPLISHMENT ARE APPRECIATED; YOU ARE HELPING IN THE CREATION OF A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF FREE VERSE VOICES.


{Added by Creeley:} Me what whoosis?

o really ........... no trouble at all

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here's #2, Creeley's invented rejection letter to himself:
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Well, THAT story. I think the sooner we leave out the 155 million
people who MIGHT read any given work, etc., and get back to who
WILL: namely, yrself, etc.: the cooler/things will be/all round. I
enjoy it. I like it fine.
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