But seriously, for me, the night had many highlights, including Ryan Kamstra's reading from Into the Drowned World in a style that can only be called hoboho, and Johanna Skibsrud, author of Late Nights with Wild Cowboys, reading an unpublished poem called "I Do Not Think that I Could Love a Human Being" (this is one of the best poems I've heard at a reading in years, folks, seriously! And I've been to a lot of readings), and so much more. It was a fine night of readings by a bunch of talented young poets, which makes JMM's win all the more impressive. Congratulations, Jake!
Monday, 30 March 2009
Jacob McArthur Mooney reigns supreme!
But seriously, for me, the night had many highlights, including Ryan Kamstra's reading from Into the Drowned World in a style that can only be called hoboho, and Johanna Skibsrud, author of Late Nights with Wild Cowboys, reading an unpublished poem called "I Do Not Think that I Could Love a Human Being" (this is one of the best poems I've heard at a reading in years, folks, seriously! And I've been to a lot of readings), and so much more. It was a fine night of readings by a bunch of talented young poets, which makes JMM's win all the more impressive. Congratulations, Jake!
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Hiya Paul,
I'm really happy for Jacob- in fact, his was the book I purchased that night. But I'm curious about who would call the evening "the Jacob McArthur Mooney ass-kicking show," which would suggest he was the only standout poet of the evening. You yourself highlighted other standouts- I was pleasantly surprised by sheer number of strong poems, and strong readings of same. I was also pleasantly surprised by the range of poetic styles.
I ain't lookin for names. You don't got to be no snitch. But it seems like a silly thing to say, and it lessens Mr. Mooney's (mr. McArthur Mooney?) victory by suggesting that there wasn't much of a competition.
Katherine Parrish
Geez, KP, there's no need to take it so darned seriously. It's a blog, not a peer-review critical journal. The 'ass-kicking' comment was meant to be comical, as was the James Bond comment. Why not berate me for claiming Mooney was a movie villain? As for the competition, I do believe I said, "It was a fine night of readings by a bunch of talented young poets, which makes JMM's win all the more impressive."
It was definitely a good evening. Oddly enough, the Mooney and the Skibsrud books were the two books I walked away with.
There are a couple more I'll probably be picking up in the near future.
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