Former US Poet Laureate Reading at IU

[beatnik_a_go_go]

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[arielblue]

Thanks! I blew off David Lehman last night (because I suck), but I do hope to make it to Gluck's reading. I'm not nearly as familiar with her work as I should be, and if I'm smart I'll buy and read Averno this weekend just to prepare myself -- but I never claimed to be that smart, so don't hold your breath on me being prepared. ;)

[beatnik_a_go_go]

Lehman's reading on Friday too, but then, so are you :)

(I was not bowled over by Averno, but I think everything pales compared to Wild Iris.)

[arielblue]

Yeah, it's a drag that I'll miss Lehman (and that a lot of people will go see him rather than come to the Spoon -- thank goodness it only takes about 10 people to make the Spoon feel reasonably crowded) but oh well! Someone should go to his Friday thing and take notes for me. :)

[tom_sizemore]

Lehman and Gluck? They're both great! Is Lehman also at 5:00pm in Frangipani Room? Did you know that "Frangipani" is Italian for "tortellini"?

"Frangipani" also means "fancy pants" in Esperanto.

[beatnik_a_go_go]

No, Lehman is at 8p at the Waldron:

"A TOUR of AMERICAN POETRY" with DAVID LEHMAN
MARCH 23
8:00pm
JOHN WALDRON ARTS CENTER
hosted by Catherine Bowman

As the new editor for the Oxford Book of American Poetry, David Lehman will host an insightful and entertaining journey through American Poetry form Whitman to contemporary writers. He will take requests form the audience.

Re: "Frangipani" also means "fancy pants" in Esperanto.

[tom_sizemore]

When my friend Kevin got married last year, I stood in front of God and everybody and read a David Lehman poem. Woman of all ages fell madly in love with me.

Re: "Frangipani" also means "fancy pants" in Esperanto.

[beatnik_a_go_go]

Wow, I just fell in love with you Lehman that poem.

Re: "Frangipani" also means "fancy pants" in Esperanto.

[tom_sizemore]

I left out the stanza with "fuck" and "dickhead" in it, because, you know, I was in church.