Gepubliceerd op: maandag 28 maart 2011

De lente, de mode, de poëzie en Oprah Winfrey

“The signs of the coming apocalypse are many, but none are starker than this Web headline in the April issue of O: The Oprah Magazine: “Spring Fashion Modeled by Rising Young Poets.” Yes. Spring fashion. Modeled. By rising young poets. There follows a photomontage of attractive younger women — some of whom are rising poets mostly in the “I get up in the morning” sense, but all of whom certainly look poetic — in outfits costing from $472 to $5,003.”

De poëzie recensent van de New York Times heeft ambivalente gevoelens over de april editie van Oprah’s tijdschrift O dat in het teken staat van National National Poetry Month.. lees zijn mmja’s en mnee’s in  The New York Times)

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