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The Poet who Hates Mozart

Poet Laure-Anne Bosselaar says she couldn't live without music. But, if she had to, she wouldn't miss Mozart.  She joins Performance Today to discuss just what it is about Mozart that drives her to detest him, and she reads her poem, "The Pleasures of Hating."

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Originally appeared in Poetry magazine.

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