Slog - Comments on This Is a Post about Poetry, and It's Long, So Those People Who Hate Everything Should Just Keep Scrolling http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo Ah look, you started reading. Cool. You know something strange is happening to you when you find yourself reading poetry at the gym. Especially if you're usually sort of hostile to poetry. I'd forgotten how much I love Heather McHugh's poems. Then I caught her reading at the close of the Seattle Poetry Festival last weekend (recapped in this week's Nightstand). The next day I was talking with a friend who was looking through the new New Yorker and said, "I don't like poetry," and I said, "Have you ever read Heather McHugh?" And because he hadn't, I spent part... Copyright 2008 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:04:52 -0800 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:42:51 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe She has a wonderful back.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704304 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704304 Arts Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:12:24 -0800 Comment by Travis Amusing take on that back:

http://thejimside.blog-city.com/what_the_hell_is_up_with_your_author_photo_heather_mchugh.htm

]]> Travis http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704315 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704315 Arts Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:23:05 -0800 Comment by Jason Nice use of bolding.

]]> Jason http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704324 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704324 Arts Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:36:02 -0800 Comment by ecce homo Thanks for the suggestion to scroll down and skip this long post.

Im glad I did, poetry sucks.

]]> ecce homo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704327 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704327 Arts Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:39:11 -0800 Comment by SeMe Cristopher- sorry this is unrelated, but thanks for your "Stranger suggest" reading by Gary Shteyngart.

You nailed it. It was, without a doubt, one of the best readings I’ve ever attended. I just wish it had been longer.

I have him down as one of the funniest readers along with Salon’s super funny Cintra Wilson and Uruguay’s witty political writer Eduardo Galeano.


]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704338 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704338 Arts Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:53:27 -0800 Comment by Grant Cogswell McHugh is the shizznatch, and also a hell of a lot of fun to see live. This is rare - most poets, even terrific ones, are kind of boring live. McHugh is funny and wry and all over the place, throwing the poems at you in quick succession until you are overwhelmed.

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704384 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704384 Arts Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:43:59 -0800 Comment by scroller GodDAMN that was long. It took forever to scroll past.

]]> scroller http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704492 Arts Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:39:55 -0800 Comment by Rich Jensen It is true I've attended readings by more than a few poetry tools.

]]> Rich Jensen http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704524 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704524 Arts Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:45:05 -0800 Comment by Andrew As soon as I read the word poetry I skipped over the whole thing. What was it about again?

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704839 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/this_is_a_post_about_poetry_so_those_peo#c704839 Arts Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:42:51 -0800