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Thanks for the response, Doug. One of those two Canadians, Louis Cabri, made effective use of the situation by immediately launching into a performative sound poem centered on "pho(n)(e)" in which his mouth assumed a much closer relationship to the microphone than that taken by any of the other presenters. No generalization about the event as a whole has yet come to mind, but I felt it was worth attending for my initial sampling from 17 poets as well as another hearing of Aaron Kunin's "The Sore Throat" (which seemed even better than when I first heard it). Surprising enough, the event was over in 90 minutes even though there were actually 22 readers. Barry Alpert On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 09:04:22 -0700, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >The two Canadians I know there are interesting, Barry, but probably >need, as do most, more than 5 minutes to make that clear. > >On the other, bright, hand, if you don't like one, s/he'll be gone soon >enough.... > >Doug >On 28-Dec-05, at 4:32 PM, Barry Alpert wrote: > >> Though I much prefer to focus on one or two writers when I attend >> public >> readings, I've decided to avail myself of a brief sampling of 17 poets >> whom >> I've never witnessed--together with 4 I have encountered previously. >> Whether the overall event will be interesting to consider in >> retrospect as >> a signifying performance remains to be seen. Barry Alpert >> >> >>