[Newspoetry] collaboration/student project (fwd)

[gillespie william k]

Here's a newspoetry experiment geared toward a specific social goal:


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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 18:38:03 -0600
From: tom bell <trbell at home.com>
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Subject: collaboration/student project

apologies for cross-posting, but i am looking and/or it might be an
interesting project for a student in avariety of fields.

I am working on a 'social infopoem' at
http://members.tripod.com/~trbell/metaphor/fgid.htm  the poem comes out of
my experiences over the course of a couple of days as a member of an
internet self-help support group for people with a chronic disease that
probably many people have never heard of.  Related to the events of those
two days was a pharmaceuticl company's withdrawing from the market a drug
(the first of it's kind) that was helpful for many people.  Many people were
unhappy about this and formed a mailing list which has now become three
mailing lists with an associated website
http://geocities.com/lotronexactiongroup/index.html  The purpose of this
movement is to restore the drug and apply pressure for some systemic reform.
It is definitely a process piece and it is currently in process which is one
reasone why i don't have time to write up the process.  Ive been told that
the NYT might do something on it next week but don't think I can be quoted
on that.

tom bell


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