Comments on: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/05/200/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kenneth Goldsmith http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/05/200/#comment-363 Kenneth Goldsmith Thu, 24 May 2007 17:31:52 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=200#comment-363 <i>The academy seems to have so much to learn from the slam, and vice versa.</i> I think this is the key. Both have their advantages. By the way, I'm not complaining. I'm really happy where I am. It might seem suffocating to you, but I sort of like the studiousness and isolation of academia. It also seems to have a really long shelf life that transcends an event, as thrilling as it might be. I'm interested in things being cooler, maybe colder, more distant. The last thing I want is to meet my readership in the flesh! The academy seems to have so much to learn from the slam, and vice versa.
I think this is the key. Both have their advantages.
By the way, I’m not complaining. I’m really happy where I am. It might seem suffocating to you, but I sort of like the studiousness and isolation of academia. It also seems to have a really long shelf life that transcends an event, as thrilling as it might be. I’m interested in things being cooler, maybe colder, more distant. The last thing I want is to meet my readership in the flesh!
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]]> By: Tyehimba Jess http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/05/200/#comment-362 Tyehimba Jess Thu, 24 May 2007 16:44:19 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=200#comment-362 Kenneth, I am sorry that you feel you don't exist beyond the academy. That would seem to be a very small and suffocating existence. Slam poetry has been a conduit directly to the people I want to meet, to the people i want to read and be affected by my poetry. The academy seems to have so much to learn from the slam, and vice versa. Kenneth,
I am sorry that you feel you don’t exist beyond the academy. That would seem to be a very small and suffocating existence. Slam poetry has been a conduit directly to the people I want to meet, to the people i want to read and be affected by my poetry. The academy seems to have so much to learn from the slam, and vice versa.
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