[New-Poetry] 60 seconds of Charles Bernstein

David Graham grahamd at ripon.edu
Sat Dec 1 18:10:07 EST 2007


I agree.  Great concept, but really a very lackluster performance of  
a fairly bland piece, and no particularly good timing on display.

You know who's got truly fine timing as a poetry reader?  Billy  
Collins.  You may love or hate his poems, but he performs them with  
masterful comic timing.


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On Dec 1, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Anny Ballardini wrote:

> I agree with the timing, agree with the idea, agree with so many  
> things, but then, I find this performance quite cold and detached,  
> dunno.. I had already seen it somewhere before.

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