tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post4293009173291442322..comments2024-03-18T21:13:12.753-04:00Comments on Jacob Russell's Barking Dog: Is There a Part of the Brain Reserved for Reading Poetry?Jacob Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-63394191418933364462008-05-17T12:34:00.000-04:002008-05-17T12:34:00.000-04:00It's likely that poetry engages the whole brain, o...It's likely that poetry engages the whole brain, or large cross-sections of it, much as music does. There's not a single music region, if I understand Oliver Sacks' Musicophilia right. <BR/><BR/>When I am reading an academic article about poetry, I skip over the actual poems the first time through. I try to follow the prose argument first. It's just too hard to make that transition. Then I Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-4037180033388073352008-05-12T12:17:00.000-04:002008-05-12T12:17:00.000-04:00Agreed. I meant "selected," as in books of poems ...Agreed. I meant "selected," as in books of poems selected by the poet, not "Selected poems of _____ " sort of thing. <BR/><BR/>or<BR/><BR/>"Collected," as in final and inclusive... collected works of...Jacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-24540815259559524782008-05-12T12:07:00.000-04:002008-05-12T12:07:00.000-04:00Hmmm, not sure. Mayhaps I have an in with one of t...Hmmm, not sure. Mayhaps I have an in with one of the editors who sent me free copies when I blogged about it over a year ago. ;)(I complained about my bookstore no longer carrying it after I tried a single issue.)<BR/><BR/>I am becoming more attached to single poem titles rather than the "Selected" stuff because I realise how deliberate poets are when they put the originals together. You lose Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-85953043289307012432008-05-11T13:13:00.000-04:002008-05-11T13:13:00.000-04:00I do set the issues aside, take them up later just...I do set the issues aside, take them up later just for the poetry, try my best to ignore everything around them.<BR/><BR/>I also prefer to read poems in collections. Find it harder to relate to one or two isolated examples. Have the same problem with anthologies. <BR/><BR/>Wonder why I'm getting my LRB so late?Jacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-57650896184991071362008-05-11T12:58:00.000-04:002008-05-11T12:58:00.000-04:00Aww, that is too too bad. On average I tend to rea...Aww, that is too too bad. On average I tend to react more positively to the LRB poetry than those in the other lit mags. The good folks there introduced me to August Kleinzahler(the way he connects the sound of words to the images he creates in some of his poems is outstanding) and a late female Russian poet whose name I cannot presently recall...<BR/><BR/>I just read the issue after yours and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-78729255915012943532008-05-10T00:35:00.000-04:002008-05-10T00:35:00.000-04:00I react very similarly when I stumble upon poetry ...I react very similarly when I stumble upon poetry embedded in prose -- I mentally treat it like 'flavor quotes' in articles.<BR/><BR/>I'd love to hear your thoughts on Musil when you get to him this summer -- I read through it last year and have recently returned to my notes on that text -- I remember finding it to be uncannily appropriate for our current world -- as I often find with early 20th 'Clavdia'https://www.blogger.com/profile/16540086939102309191noreply@blogger.com