Talk:Chris Abani

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Advertising section for poetry[edit]

I've blanked the "poetry" section here for two reasons. The first is that it offers no citations to reliable sources; the second is that it has an entirely promotional and uncritical tone, which is out of keeping with Wikipedia's policies on WP:NPOV and WP:NOTADVERTISING. While Abani's poetry is probably worthy of discussion, it's important that we go to the secondary sources, and include both their praise and their criticism. (How notable a writer can Abani really be if no one has ever criticized his work?) I suggest this section be restarted from scratch. Khazar2 (talk) 00:17, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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