August 13, 2020
Volume 50 - No. 33
Edited By lyle e davis
We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams;
What we offer you today is the chance to look into the brilliant minds of other people. The chance to watch and listen as they assemble thoughts and words into beautiful works of art.
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$30,000, $40,000, $50,000 and more, for one night’s performance. And they are worth every penny.
Relax.
"Anthology" sounds a bit like a 25 cent word that is somewhat intimidating. It may well cause someone to assume that the reading matter is going to be pretentious, difficult, unfathomable, pedantic, and awesome.
I seriously doubt if there is such a thing as a "bad" anthology. There well may be anthologies that you don't care much for....yet your neighbor down the street might find great enjoyment in those same anthologies. Anthologies tend to appeal to certain
You might call what we offer today an anthology. But the word "anthology" all too often frightens off potential readers.
All an anthology amounts to is a representative gathering. A selection. It can be a small, concise selection. It can be a large and diversified collection ... or it can fall somewhere in between.
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tastes. The anthologist has simply collected poems, stories, songs, what have you, that he finds pleasing. If he has a number of kindred spirits who share those same pleasures then the anthology enjoys wide readership; if his anthology appeals to only a limited market then he has only a limited readership. It is that simple. What is important is what you like. Whether the anthology you enjoy has a limited readership or a wide readership is totally immaterial. If it pleases you then the anthologist has done his job. We trust in today’s offering you will be entertained.