[New-Poetry] Kleinzahler's bad rep

[Halvard Johnson]

Makes me wonder what poets DO act like, James.

Hal

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On Aug 4, 2008, at 4:12 PM, JforJames at aol.com wrote:

> http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sfpoet28-2008jul28,0,2422483.story
> with his fighting words, and ways.
> By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
> July 28, 2008
> SAN FRANCISCO -- August Kleinzahler gets into fights at poetry  
> readings.
> Once, in Ireland, he traded insults with a host he found verbose. At  
> a reading in a New York bar, he told a noisy drunk to shut his trap.  
> Fists flew after the guy made a crack about Kleinzahler's coat, a  
> sentimental hand-me-down from his father.
>
> Kleinzahler goes to readings because he is a poet. He just doesn't  
> act like one.
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