tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965649.post113924942610601830..comments2023-10-17T05:40:30.018-05:00Comments on Degrees of Grey in Iowa City: Poetry, Schadenfreude, and an ExcerptAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04839837286189113610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965649.post-1139328409576898342006-02-07T10:06:00.000-06:002006-02-07T10:06:00.000-06:00Dexter may be a snob but he's the first to admit h...Dexter may be a snob but he's the first to admit he's a common snob. As for me, if it don't rhyme how can you call it poetry? I enjoy poetry as much as the next man, if you're at bus stop in Newark, but I would rather work than read the stuff. If you have any doubt about the ability of the masses to discern good poetry remember that the greatest selling poet of all time is Jewel, and she doesn't rhyme either.El Duderinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12572185127391515950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965649.post-1139262682379843812006-02-06T15:51:00.000-06:002006-02-06T15:51:00.000-06:00Yep and my bible is "In Defense of Elitism" by Wil...Yep and my bible is "In Defense of Elitism" by William A. Henry. In all honesty I was not intending to sound snarky or being snobbish. I am just wary of over-hyped books, movies, music and such that end up being disappointing.Especially in the field of memoirs which is dicey at best. I routinely champion popular poets such Billy Collins and Ted Kooser. I own a Weezer hat. I read Nelson DeMille novels, in public. My tastes are, if anything, catholic (small c).<BR/><BR/>Dexter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965649.post-1139255566913981172006-02-06T13:52:00.000-06:002006-02-06T13:52:00.000-06:00you chose to read it "despite" it being on several...you chose to read it "despite" it being on several "best of" lists. I am so sick of the attitude from you and others that if something is enjoyed by the masses it is well beneath you - such snobbery!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965649.post-1139251824787693722006-02-06T12:50:00.000-06:002006-02-06T12:50:00.000-06:00Ok. That's the 2nd person today who has told me t...Ok. That's the 2nd person today who has told me they would rather be home reading rather than working. Damn, if we didn't need the paycheck, I'd say let's go. We'd get smarter instead of staying at work and getting dumber.scruffylookinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995820134445131448noreply@blogger.com