[New-Poetry] Actors and Directors Present Poetry that Inspires

[TheOldMole]

I think this is great. It seems unpretentious, and can well be an 
introduction to poets and poetry for the fans of some of these actors, 
or for people who feel more comfortable approaching poetry from outside 
of pobiz.

I liked the idea of the book, and the account of what was in it, better 
than I liked Mr. Foster's prose, or his tired "poetry is dead or dying" 
wheeze. The fact that such a range of poems has spoken to such a range 
of actors should be some indication that it's not.

I love the original Stephen Foster, and have taught him in AmLit survey 
courses.

jforjames at aol.com wrote:
> http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/22/184825.php
> Book Review - Jason Schindler's The Poem I Turn To: Actors and 
> Directors Present Poetry that Inspires Them
> Written by Stephen Foster
> Published April 22, 2008
>
> page 1 | 2
> How about Daryl Hannah finding inspiration in Swiss poet Blaise 
> Cendrars and Pablo Neruda? Or Diane Wiest admiring Sylvia Plath and 
> Ezra Pound? And how perfect that Mary-Louise Parker — perhaps our most 
> versatile of actors, and quirkily beautiful — surprises us with her 
> choices: Kenneth Koch and Mark Strand. Her commentary on Koch's To You 
> is, simply, perfect:
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