Monthly Archives: July 2011

a talent *not* owned by every poet? reading their poems well aloud

Oregon is organized! They are archiving voicings of poems by Oregon poets here. (Hat tip Maureen Doallas). I love the idea of archiving poems-as-voice, and absolutely think more states and entities and people should do it. So yay, Oregon! What … Continue reading

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Filming Poems and Readings: “Howl”

Dave Bonta has a great post about seeing the recent movie Howl.  His review is well worth reading; he changed my mind about seeing the movie, which I hadn’t planned to do, and now I can hardly wait. He talks … Continue reading

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Recapturing Read-Aloud Magic

A quick post here to link to an article on poetry readings from Jess Lacher at the Kenyon Review blog: “Whatever happened to the sort of reading out loud we got when we were kids– when your mom talked in … Continue reading

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From bookstore to telephone: the incredible shrinking poetry reading

No one cares about public readings — unless, apparently, they’re delivered via telephone. Or so one might conclude by reading, first, a new screed at the New York Observer by Michael H. Miller, “No One Cares About Your Reading“: Is … Continue reading

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