tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213778378398963318.post4887435347891841137..comments2023-10-16T08:06:54.307-04:00Comments on l'etoile magazine blog: Army of Nursery Rhymesl'étoile magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750549729253099171noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213778378398963318.post-5422825255851778612010-05-10T03:58:56.938-04:002010-05-10T03:58:56.938-04:00The positive review of Cole's book is great, b...The positive review of Cole's book is great, but could you have worked harder to insert more cliches about poetry and spoken word? <br /><br />Characterizing the world of academic poetry as "metered" and "dry" and heady is not only lazy writing and lazy thinking, it's also wildly inaccurate. If you'd like to read more than one book of poetry this year, I'd love to make a number of recommendations.<br /><br />Just as lazy and inaccurate is the characterization of slam as a bunch of "pseudo hip-hoppers" who "lose their poignancy when printed on the page." Cole, while good, is not a shining beacon of exception in the world of poetry/slam--her ability to both write and perform well and accessibly is actually typical of the poetry slam scene in general.<br /><br />The use of these unoriginal observations in a poetry review, even when used as a way to promote a talented slam poet, is problematic. The only reason that "we laypeople" tend to think these things about poetry and slam is because "we laypeople" keep writing and expressing these outdated and inaccurate ideas. <br /><br />Happy reading.<br /><br />M. MlekodajM. Mlekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01235397250579891309noreply@blogger.com