CORRESPONDENCE
63
in this number-the
Anthology
beginning on page 11. In my opinion, as
a layman, most of these poems are immature and inadequate. Neverthe-
less,
they should be published
because publication gives the aspiring poet
a chance to see himself in print and to measure his worth against his
peers.
In almost all publications those who have arrived get published and
the others do not. If PARTISANREVIEW does nothing more than give the
writer-on-the-make a chance to be heard, it will be worth twice the price
of admission.
We need more writers and better writers on the left. More power
to your paper in helping to train them by giving them an outlet in print.
Fraternally yours,
SCO'ITNEARING
Jean Helion writes from Alexandria,
Va.: "Abstract artists are
usually extremely dreamy, pretentious and ignorant in their writing,
and thus provoke opposition where there would be none. The works must
be presented as they
are
and not as they aim to be. The public wants
realities. Theories are interesting for us only. The public must not be
asked to choose between the past and the new art. What is needed is
objective writing such as you do in PARTISANREVIEW."
