Mary Karr’s “Poetry Fix”
July 7, 2010
Years ago, I had an idea for a “Poetry Channel”: an all-poetry cable network featuring poets and celebrities reading poems, poets being interviewed, and films about poets or based on poetry.
I didn’t pursue the idea because, well, because my idea for the “Disaster Channel” got shelved and that was how I was going to back my poetry idea.
But I recently stumbled upon Mary Karr’s “Poetry Fix,” which brings to life the kind of programming I had in mind.
Here’s Mary Karr and co-host Christopher Robinson reading and talking about Robert Hass’s “Old Dominion”:
You can check out more on Mary Karr’s YouTube channel. It’s a great series that’s just started and worth following as it develops.
Paul Muldoon Makes Me Laugh Yet Again
June 11, 2010
I gotta say, poet Paul Muldoon knows how to poke fun at poetic pretensions.
Last year I shared his appearance on The Colbert Report, now this interview posted on YouTube by theprincetontiger has come to my attention. Here is Paul Muldoon on Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok”:
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