Things to Think about When Considering The Great "Paris Review" Poetry Purge of 2010

I find myself absolutely fascinated by The Paris Review's decision to un-accept about a years' worth of backlogged poems, as chronicled so ably by Daniel Nester on the blog, We Who Are About to Die. I feel for the poets who had their acceptances repealed. I really do. If it were me, I'd probably be devastated.

But the one, striking question that comes to mind is, does The Paris Review, with a new editor and a new poetry editor, have an obligation to run those pieces? As noted, it appears to ha...