Poetry and the Masses

[rowens]

On tv and radio recently, I've heard four segments on poetry related things that were at least ten minutes long. Three were about Amiri Baraka because he died, but were based on his political affiliations. Though there were several recordings played of him reading poetry. Some people here might not consider what he was reading poetry. The other was about Alan Kaufman, but was based on him being Jewish in relation to the Holocaust and a former alcoholic. A bunch of sappy stuff. But that's what you get from PBS and public radio.