Reading: Franz Wright
Franz Wright will be reading this evening at Boston College as part of their Lowell Humanities Series. I have to admit, though I feel a little sleazy saying so, that after the incident with Poetry, I'm curious to see how the man comes off in person. I haven't given it a great deal of thought, but instinctively I feel like Poetry ought to have tucked that letter away in their archives for the amusement of future generations. I don't know whether it was a testosterone thing, or whether they did it to sell magazines, but I'd certainly respect them more if they concentrated their millions on finding buzzworthy poems rather than stirring up controversy for controversy's sake.
In any case, stay tuned for my impressions...
