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At 08/05/98 01:02:14, "Lawrence Upton." <[log in to unmask]> wrote: # Roger Day wrote: # _Perelman, MacDonald, Lisa Jarnot weren't really my cup of tea - Perelman # bored me_ # How was he not your cup of tea? In what way did he bore you? # * His reading was flat, distinterested. The gist of what he did get across did not leave an impression. He wore a red-shirt that I didn't like. # _Roy Fisher was good: excellent poetry good projection._ # it wld have been nice to hear why rd approved - I hope Roy wasnt left to # intro himself as he was in London by the VERY senior grate and the god in # January He wore a nice dark-blue jacket. # * # _Gig Ryan was brilliant_ # in what sense? how? why? I liked her leather jacket, the way she spoke, she made the poems crackle...and she made me smile. # * # i wasnt in Cambridge because i couldnt afford it and you are telling me # NOTHING, Roger. I remember your _where in the universe?_ challenge to a # rushed svp advert of mine earlier this year - but there is no rush here Poor Lawrence. Still smarting over that email? # * # _The latter three were charismatic performers who had something excellent to # say, and said it well._ # what was it then that they had to say? Words, mostly. But nice bright ones, arranged in the right order, and spoken so that I could understand them and the poems they sat in. They made me feel as if I was at an event, rather than watch someone recite: they engaged with me and made me happy. If you want detailed analysis, look at the webpage. More than that, and at this distance, I can't remember. Some of us have jobs to do. # * # |The French woman I saw on the second day (Grangoud ?) might as well have # |been reading a telephone directory...the French guy was extremely funny, if # |a little fast. # Why? Why? ur, because he read fast, and she was plain dull. # * # |I missed Keston Sutherland, which was a pity. # Why? I would have liked to hear him read. # * # And then Roger Day wrote _Maybe not total rubbish - just mostly_ I gave up the will to live at this point. # * # Diana bless May the Althorp go with you. # # L # Visit the alp website at - # http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/7911 but only if you're really bored. Roger %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%