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Memory

Reciting your own poems from memory is for supernerds, or the worst project of my life

by Ben Fama March 30, 2010 Aesthetics

<> Concerning all the recent discussions about memory, recitation, etc, I thought I would try it in my own way. I should disclose that I never recite my own poems from memory at readings. I think it is corny, weird, it makes me uncomfortable, and frankly, to spend that much time memorizing your own work [...]

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On Memorization: Some Thoughts on “Owning” Your Own Work

by Christie Ann Reynolds March 1, 2010 Aesthetics

When I was 19 I interned at The Bowery Poetry Club. I can tell you that I didn’t get much done in the way of writing press releases; I was there to experience poetry. I was there to meet the real live poets who didn’t seem to exist on my college campus. I attended a [...]

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