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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
Excessive. That's it, honestly. It answers the question fairly clearly, but there's ever so many dragged examples one can take before becoming frustrated.
På mitt bibliotek ansvarar jag för lyrikhyllan. Det var ett ansvarsområde jag bad om på min första arbetsdag, och de bästa arbetsdagar brukar kännetecknas av att jag lyckas rekommendera och låna ut en diktsamling till en intet ont anande låntagare. För det är svårt, poesi är något många människor undviker - eller som denna essä uttrycker det: de "fruktar sin egen oförmåga att bli berörd av poesi". Utmaningen som bibliotekarie blir därmed att övertala låntagarna att möta sina rädslor.
Denna bok pratar om olika anledningar till varför vi hatar poesi, men är i grunden en väldigt hoppingivande bok för poesi-läsare. Den är väldigt träffsäker och intelligent. Som en sidenote så var detta även en bok jag skrattade högt i, och det är något jag sällan gör.
Denna bok pratar om olika anledningar till varför vi hatar poesi, men är i grunden en väldigt hoppingivande bok för poesi-läsare. Den är väldigt träffsäker och intelligent. Som en sidenote så var detta även en bok jag skrattade högt i, och det är något jag sällan gör.
This is a cool and chill analysis about why Ben Lerner (an actual poet) thinks that people don't like poetry
The reason being that poetry and poems are in fact not the same. Poem is a technical definition and category. So a poem may be a piece of literature that is lineated, but the fact that it is a poem does not make it poetry. Poetry is in fact an impossible ideal that no piece of writing can achieve. To be poetry a piece of writing must simultaneously be wholly and completely personal, a product of its author but it musty also be universal. Obviously no writing can do this, so as an audience we are disappointed in each poem's failure to be poetry. Ben leads to this through anecdotes and several different analyses in a casual and colloquial style.
While interesting I donno how compelling it is as an essay and Lerner! Does! Not! Cite! His! Sources! Goddamnit! Poor form Lerner
The reason being that poetry and poems are in fact not the same. Poem is a technical definition and category. So a poem may be a piece of literature that is lineated, but the fact that it is a poem does not make it poetry. Poetry is in fact an impossible ideal that no piece of writing can achieve. To be poetry a piece of writing must simultaneously be wholly and completely personal, a product of its author but it musty also be universal. Obviously no writing can do this, so as an audience we are disappointed in each poem's failure to be poetry. Ben leads to this through anecdotes and several different analyses in a casual and colloquial style.
While interesting I donno how compelling it is as an essay and Lerner! Does! Not! Cite! His! Sources! Goddamnit! Poor form Lerner
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This was a quick read. Not because it only has 114 pages but because once you’ve started it you’re pulled into it and you go deep. I really did enjoy Lerners essay about why people dislike poetry, what is even poetry and what kind of poetry we have around us. As someone who loves poetry but is surrounded by so many that won’t even give poetry a chance, I could relate to many aspects that were mentioned in this essay. Though I have to say somewhere in the middle Lerner lost me for a bit but I came back around into after a few pages. All in all this was a good read and worth the time and money.
challenging
informative
fast-paced
3.5, trying to read more nonfiction/essays, enjoyed this one despite the 3.5. he made a good point
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I loved how thought-provoking this book was. While I would mostly consider it a thought piece on the state of contemporary poetry, I loved the poetic elements Lerner incorporated. Nearly every page has a small note in the margin, either emphasizing a portion of that paragraph or providing a call back to a concept brought up earlier in the essay. While the layout clearly well thought out and thoughtfully edited it still read as if it were a stream of conscientiousness entirely focused modern poetry. Despite the title, to me, this book aims to answer the question; what is the value of poetry?