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Poet Appeals To Writers: Read More!
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2008 16:36:00 +0000
 During his appearance on the fourth episode of the new Internet authors' roundtable Titlepage.tv, Edward Hirsch, the poet and President of the Guggenheim Foundation vigorously appealed to poetry writers--and everyone else--to dedicate more time to reading.
Invited by Titlepage.tv to talk about his latest work, "Special Orders," Hirsch's appeal came upon hearing a statistic offered by Titlepage.tv's host, Daniel Menaker: at some point in their lives, 70 percent of Americans write poetry.
"I would like to make that bridge for those 70 percent of the people to understand that if they read they can get something of the same hit, and something of the same feeling and something of the same consolation, as articulated by others. And if all those writers became readers, literature would be in a much healthier place in the United States," Hirsch said.
This passion for literature on his part has many aspects notably in his widely praised book "How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry".
Adding to Hirsch's plea, Meg Wolitzer, another guest on the program, and the author of "The Ten-Year Nap" said, "You could not say that 70 percent of the people read poetry. That would be an amazing statistic." And she added, "There is a need now more than ever to make the case for why we should read. And that's what I feel: we have to wear the sandwich board for fiction and poetry."
Website: http://www.titlepage.tv/
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