Brim says "when recognition goes beyond one's family and neighborhood and workplace -- beyond the primary in-groups who can appreciate one's achievements -- to include people one does not know, one can be considered famous. Fame is recognition by strangers." You can decide if the community of poets is an "in-group." Some 57% of Brim's research respondents said they have daydreamed of being famous. Perhaps that percentage runs higher among poets.
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Brim says "when recognition goes beyond one's family and neighborhood and workplace -- beyond the primary in-groups who can appreciate one's achievements -- to include people one does not know, one can be considered famous. Fame is recognition by strangers." You can decide if the community of poets is an "in-group." Some 57% of Brim's research respondents said they have daydreamed of being famous. Perhaps that percentage runs higher among poets.