I'm embroiled in this silly email exchange with a poet named Susan Montez, who wrote me yesterday out of the blue to attempt to subtly discover whether or not the "Radio Free Queens" feature at my Web site was named for her book of poetry of the same name. When I asked her about the book, she told me that it should be required reading for everyone who lives in Queens.
I challenged her to back that statement up, and here's the best she's done so far: "If nothing else--how many books of poetry are out there about Queens? Hello. It's one of the more forgotten areas of the 718."
Oh, right. The it's-the-only-one-of-its-kind-so-it-must-be-worthwhile argument. I'll have to remember that one for the next editor I meet.
