I promised you something besides music for a "Culture Break" post -- here's Sam Hamill reading one of his poems.
I find it hard to come up with an example of poets reading their own work that aren't almost painful to watch. I really think they should all take a class in the oral interpretation of literature before they're allowed to read in public. I watched a video of Jorie Graham, a poet for whom I have immense respect, reading one of her works -- it looked like she was in pain. (I don't understand why people think that a poet is automatically capable of reading his or her work aloud in public. There's an element of acting in that, and let's face it -- poets aren't actors.)
Yes, of course I've reviewed one of Hamill's collections: Dumb Luck.
I find it hard to come up with an example of poets reading their own work that aren't almost painful to watch. I really think they should all take a class in the oral interpretation of literature before they're allowed to read in public. I watched a video of Jorie Graham, a poet for whom I have immense respect, reading one of her works -- it looked like she was in pain. (I don't understand why people think that a poet is automatically capable of reading his or her work aloud in public. There's an element of acting in that, and let's face it -- poets aren't actors.)
Yes, of course I've reviewed one of Hamill's collections: Dumb Luck.
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