Interesting that at the rap and slam events I've attended the performers rarely read their stuff. I saw Galway Kinell recite his work without a text and folks in the audience, who brought his books, would chime in if he slipped up. I would love to be able to do that, but I'm too lazy.
On a related note I recently heard the CD that accompanies the 8th ed. of the Norton Anthology. I don't know how many of you have ever heard the recording of Yeats reading "Innisfree". If you haven't, you owe it to yourself. It's scratchy, but it is astounding. The man extends each open vowel as if the poem were little more than a vowel song.
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