[lit-ideas] Re: Camille Paglia: getting Americans to read poetry again?

Mirembe -

When you suggested we celebrate National Poetry Month, was it to submit a
favorite poem -- or to write one? A much more frightening thought. If I
agree to take a day, do I have to write an original poem for everyone's
delectation?

Stan
Portland, Maine

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From: "Mirembe Nantongo" <nantongo@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 3:26 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Camille Paglia: getting Americans to read poetry again?


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http://www.newsday.com/features/booksmags/ny-bktalk4188338mar27,0,3723067.story?coll=nyc-books-bottom-promo
> "What Paglia wants to do next is get Americans to read poetry again."
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> Does anyone really know how many Americans read poetry today and how many
used to read it way back when (ie during that always-unspecified Golden Age
of Poetry Reading in America)? I would bet that the same proportion of
Americans read it now as read it then.
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