Who Reads Poetry: 50 Views from Poetry MagazineFred Sasaki, Don Share University of Chicago Press, 20 okt 2017 - 240 pagina's Who reads poetry—and why? This rewarding volume provides answers from Roxane Gay, Roger Ebert, Lili Taylor, Alfred Molina, Aleksandar Hemon, and forty-five more. Who reads poetry? We know that poets do, but what about the rest of us? When and why do we turn to verse? Seeking the answer, Poetry magazine since 2005 has published a column called “The View From Here,” which has invited readers from outside the world of poetry to describe what has drawn them to poetry. Over the years, contributors have included philosophers, journalists, musicians, and artists, as well as doctors and soldiers, an ironworker, an anthropologist, and an economist. This collection brings together fifty compelling pieces, in turns surprising, provocative, touching, and funny. Anthropologist Helen Fisher turns to poetry while researching the effects of love on the brain: “As other anthropologists have studied fossils, arrowheads, or pot shards to understand human thought, I studied poetry . . . . I wasn’t disappointed: everywhere poets have described the emotional fallout produced by the brain’s eruptions.” The rapper Rhymefest attests to the self-actualizing power of poems: “Words can create worlds, and I’ve discovered that poetry can not only be read but also lived out. My life is a poem.” Musician Neko Case calls poetry “a delicate, pretty lady with a candy exoskeleton on the outside of her crepe-paper dress.” And music critic Alex Ross tells us that he keeps a paperback of The Palm at the End of the Mind by Wallace Stevens on his desk next to other, more utilitarian books like a German dictionary, a King James Bible, and a Mac troubleshooting manual. Contributors also include Ai Weiwei, Christopher Hitchens, Kay Redfield Jamison, Lynda Barry, and more. “The diversity of the authors results in an exceptionally broad range of topics and perspectives . . . Many of the contributors also tell intimate stories about poetry’s place in their personal lives. Sasaki and Share have chosen these pieces well.” —Publishers Weekly “Funny, moving and inspiring.” —The Australian |
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It Is Nothing like That Richard Rapport | 9 |
Better Speak Hank Willis Thomas | 13 |
Out There Lili Taylor | 17 |
The Madness of the Gods Helen Fisher | 19 |
Love Jones Natalie Y Moore | 23 |
All My Heart for Speech Roger Ebert | 29 |
They Could Croon Archie Rand | 33 |
My Flaming Hamster Wheel of Panic about Publicly Discussing Poetry in This Respected Forum Neko Case | 103 |
Poetry Out Loud Sally Timms | 107 |
Poetry Is Useless Anders Nilsen | 111 |
Poetry Is a Dumb Ass Spider Lynda Barry | 117 |
Wild Unrest Kay Redfield Jamison | 121 |
The Fire of Life Richard Rorty | 125 |
Gloriously Undone Matt Fitzgerald | 129 |
Debris Jerry Boyle | 133 |
One Track Mind Leopold Froehlich | 37 |
The Necessary Fluster Naomi Beckwith | 39 |
Poetry Daily Mary Schmich | 41 |
Knowing Nothing Jia Tolentino | 45 |
Four Walls Iain McGilchrist | 51 |
A Place for Poetry Roxane Gay | 55 |
Romance and Reality Lt Gen William James Lennox Jr | 57 |
Haiku Economics Stephen T Ziliak | 61 |
Green I Love You Green Nalini Nadkarni | 65 |
The True Nature Tracey Johnstone | 69 |
The Idea of Order Alex Ross | 73 |
Para Rumbiar Fernando Perez | 75 |
Lucid Inescapable Rhythms Nicholas Photinos | 77 |
Two Loves I Have Alfred Molina | 81 |
Written in Rock Candy Momus | 85 |
To Hell with Drawers Will Oldham | 89 |
My Life Is a Poem Rhymefest | 91 |
Loosening the Grip Jolie Holland | 95 |
Words Worth Rob Kenner | 99 |
On the Road with Wallace and Wystan Josh Warn | 137 |
Everything Moves to Live Xeni Jardin | 141 |
Earthward Amy Frykholm | 147 |
Happy Snappy Sappy Daniel Handler | 151 |
Like a Noticeable Amount of Pee Michaelanne Petrella | 155 |
On Poetry Ai Weiwei | 159 |
Imperfect Recall Christopher Hitchens | 161 |
Dust and Stones Etienne Ndayishimiye | 167 |
Imagining Freedom Mariame Kaba | 171 |
Sarajevo Blues Aleksandar Hemon | 175 |
Reporting Poetry Jeffrey Brown | 179 |
Like Soldiers Marching Rachel Cohen | 187 |
Rama Stores Pankaj Mishra | 189 |
To Speak with Many Tongues at Once Omar Kholeif | 193 |
How with This Rage Chris Hedges | 197 |
Acknowledgments | 201 |
Contributors | 203 |
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