From the West Coast Finnish Chapter

Brian Palmu weighs in on "aesthetic tribalism." Worth a read, but if you don't have time, this comes close to saying it all:

And if I wanted to kiss ass and "get ahead" in an intricately staged secret hand-shaking power-broking nod-nod-wink-wink-off, I'd say that shit was sherbet, and fashion my efforts and desires around the community and not the poem.