Do We Need A ULA In Britain? (part 2)

Do we need a ULA in Britain?
Exhibit one: the author of this blog was asked to write a biography of a poet for a literary encyclopedia; the poet had asked me, as that was the hook in this particular project--the encyclopedia approach the poet, then the poet engages a publisher/ editor/ critic to do the work. At the request of the Dr. of Lit. in charge of the project--and against my better judgement ( what possible reason could they have for requesting it other than snobby editorial selection?)-- I sent him a copy of my literary cv. And since then, NOTHING.
So what's going on? I don't know. But I can guess. My literary cv has nothing but underground credentials on it. Magazines like OUTLAW, GLOBAL TAPESTRY JOURNAL, ZYGOTE IN MY COFFEE, WAH!,THE CLIFFS, NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND.The names really speak for themselves, creating in list form a kind of poem of dissent. I have written poetry and I have written essays and criticism, but not in any of the right places, whatever the quality of the work.
If I'd had a few credits in the TLS or the London Review of Books, or whatever the right places actually are (how the hell would I know?), the Dr. of Lit. would have been eating out of my hand by now.You can almost guarantee it. If you think this is sour grapes, look at the About the Author sections inside the covers of the next Poet book that appears out of nowhere on the shelf at Waterstone's.