Charles Bernstein reads an excerpt from his essay from Attack of the Difficult Poems: Essays and Inventions (University of Chicago Press, 2011). Clip from TV interview on W.J. O'Reilly's Breaking Through. Watch the full 50-minute show: http://egarage.tv/videos/view/the-poet-in-today-s-world. Recorded June 16, 2011
We should have Anti-Modern Poetry Month. Modern poetry is not art. It is garbage. It is nothing more than prose pieces chopped up and read with pauses. "It has no reason; it has no rhyme; it has no structure; just wastes your time. Depressing and pathetic and I don't know why. Goes in one ear, comes out the other side." (C) 2012 by Frank M. Giallombardo, also called 12-String Frank on youtube.
Raelspark 1 month ago
Very amusing - I agree a bit - to have a "week of something" is problematic - but I think people who promote these things do indeed do it for the best of reasons.
quagapp 4 months ago