http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/quick-review-04/ A blog from the Poetry Foundation where contemporary poets debate classic and contemporary poetry from America and around the world. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:39:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/quick-review-04/#comment-1164 GVincent Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:17:17 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=426#comment-1164 It is a pleasure to see someone "discover" the brilliance of pl8spk. I've loved these books for years, and am glad to see them get some recognition. Full disclosure, the author is my friend, but I think my aesthetic judgement is relatively unclouded by that fact. It does add to my pleasure in the review, however. I would add one thing that Mr. Bok either overlooks or considers too obvious to mention. Pl8spk is funny. There is a sense of joy, a celebration of a new language, a playfull exploration of the collective unconscious that permeates each story and poem. All the serious stuff is there, too, and Bok shows a deep understanding of it. Pl8spk is seriously funny. It is a pleasure to see someone “discover” the brilliance of pl8spk. I’ve loved these books for years, and am glad to see them get some recognition. Full disclosure, the author is my friend, but I think my aesthetic judgement is relatively unclouded by that fact. It does add to my pleasure in the review, however.
I would add one thing that Mr. Bok either overlooks or considers too obvious to mention. Pl8spk is funny. There is a sense of joy, a celebration of a new language, a playfull exploration of the collective unconscious that permeates each story and poem. All the serious stuff is there, too, and Bok shows a deep understanding of it. Pl8spk is seriously funny.

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