>I do
>wonder why people come to readings sometimes; some have little concern for
>the poet or the other audience - I am never forget a reading at East West
>for those who remember it with Jeff Nuttall up the front booming his thing
>and a bloke at the back reading a newspaper, not casually but held up in
>front of him, serious reading, and every now and then he shook it out to
>straighten it
I've been to many readings where the principle concern of 99 per cent of
people present is not to listen, but to read. Which makes for an
incredibly depressing experience. And the question of audience? What's
that?
Tho' the morris dancers sound memorable and peculiarly exotic in this
hemisphere!
Alison Croggon
PO Box 186
Newport VIC 3015
Australia
Masthead Online: http://www.masthead.com.au
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