From 615ce7dda820b3e43b507fb9cf1e4f461975f683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Lemon Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 20:38:22 +0100 Subject: update --- content/reading/books/uncreative_writing/index.md | 36 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) (limited to 'content/reading') diff --git a/content/reading/books/uncreative_writing/index.md b/content/reading/books/uncreative_writing/index.md index 644a181..f967af8 100644 --- a/content/reading/books/uncreative_writing/index.md +++ b/content/reading/books/uncreative_writing/index.md @@ -2,24 +2,26 @@ title: "Uncreative Writing by Kenneth Goldsmith" type: "reading/books" date: 2022-08-23 -summary: "Thoughts coming soon... I'm enjoying this one." +draft: false +summary: "Via Poem Talk and Christian Bök" --- -Yes they are. - -The interesting text slots into here. - -
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+When in the poetry mood (which isn't always), I have a penchant for listening to the podcast [Poem Talk](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/series/74633/poemtalk), who manage to find meaning no poet could possibly intend in their own work. + +I listen to podcasts in one of two situations: listing in a hot bath or driving, alone, in the car. + +Enjoyment of the forensic analysis espoused by the roundtable of planet-brained academics on Poem Talk is, after a time, soured by their inevitable inclination towards identity politics, something that seems to infect much of the mainstream poetry coverage I've found online nowadays, so on this particular occasion I pulled in at [Southwaite Services](https://motorwayservices.uk/Southwaite) for a slash and a takeaway cuppa at Greggs. + +### Christian Bök + +Sipping my brew and scrolling through alternatives in the car park, I found a podcast whose production values were such that (as I found out ten minutes later) the audio was barely audible above 40mph - but the poet being interviewed was a breath of fresh air. + +It was [Christian Bök](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_B%C3%B6k), a conceptual, experimental poety who's matter of fact talk of process-driven objectivity, poetry-infused DNA, univolics, visual poetry and poetry in science was a shot in the arm after the political platitudes from the sisterhood at Kelly Writers House. Go and read about Christian Bök - he's the real deal. + +### Kenneth Goldsmith + +To cut a long story short, and because I want to get this post up as soon as possible, I found Kenneth Goldsmith linked from a web page on Christian Bök. + +Kenneth was a concept artist who switched to poetry and.... To be continued. -- cgit v1.2.3