tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741465526224699308.post7794906167358691766..comments2023-10-18T06:15:53.173-04:00Comments on The Book Club: Poetry is dead againNews-Herald Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992850793901999785noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741465526224699308.post-16425238840006426992010-01-20T15:16:34.233-05:002010-01-20T15:16:34.233-05:00Hey Jason,
I'm going to quote and link to yo...Hey Jason,<br /><br />I'm going to quote and link to your news room poll. And you're right, I completely ignored lyrics. But here's the interesting thing about lyrics (and I ignored RAP too in *this* post though not in others), so does Academia (for the most part). Lyricists and rappers live or die on their ability to reach their listeners. Lyricists, I think, are still fully engaged with the populace. If they don't produce what the populace wants to hear, then they're out of work.<br /><br /> //Second, Gillespie assumes high-quality work will automatically entice the populace. That ignores everything we know about marketing.//<br /><br />Well... there was only so much ground I could cover in one post. I guess I wanted to write a zinger, not an exegesis. I readily agree that marketing is what makes success. A poor poet, but brilliant marketer, will probably be far more successful than the brilliant poet (we see it all the time). However, marketing also goes where the money is. If a publisher sees money in a writer, they will market him or her. Need an example? How about Dr Seuss or Shell Silverstein? <br /><br />//A brilliant poet will still have a hellacious time entering public awareness.//<br /><br />No doubt about it, but so what? Think of how many times various (now internationally famous) authors were rejected before being recognized. <br /><br />//There’s no Poetry Channel. Def Poetry Jam was last time I saw poetry on a channel that wasn’t PBS.//<br /><br />Yes, the analogy to sports celebrities only carries to far.<br /><br />//realistically, Ruth Lilly left the Poetry Magazine enough money for them to promote the entire art form and not just a few critically acclaimed, publicly ignored poets.//<br /><br />I wish them the best, I really do.<br /><br />P.S. How do I make my blog vital? : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com