"Thank you so much! Hey, what poets do you think Hugo would be reading, were he alive today?"
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Frances McCue replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"Thank you m'am!
One day Charlie Simic came into the room and said, "Today, class is canceled. I am going to buy a Buick." He'd won the MacArthur. I was, like, nineteen and clueless. "Cool," I said to my friend Mark.…"
Frances McCue replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"Here's a little video I made about going to Philipsburg.
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Frances McCue replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"Jason and Kim, you are very kind to ask about my book. So many folks want to know about Hugo-- he's deeply compelling as a man and as a poet-- that almost all of my discussions have been about him. Of all the "reviews" that the book…"
Frances McCue replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"Yes! In an essay that was in the Georgia Review, summer 2008, I think I wrote about how Hugo and Roethke were similar in their speaking voices. It's sort of haunting. I wonder if, when I grow up, I will sound like Charlie SImic. :)
And, i know…"
Frances McCue replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"I'm so glad they aren't "Objective"! I think hearing Hugo read the poems should influence your decision. I love that you have those last 7. I totally want to rearrange the list now.
I was at Costco for a booksigning and a guy…"
Frances McCue replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"Jason, you are an aficianado of the highest order. :) Okay, let's do a list for artistic merit and artistic direction. Does that sound good?"
Frances McCue replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"okay. How about this?
#1 Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg
#2 Driving Montana
#3 Montana Ranch Abandoned
#4 White Center
#5Missoula Softball Tournament
#6 Letter to Oberg from Pony
#7 Duwamish
#8 West Marginal Way
#9 Neighbor
#10 ?
Those are mine.…"
Frances McCue replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"Oh wow. I know a visual artist like this. That theory of contaminating one's work with the actual subject comes up again and again. In Hugo's case, he was indeed letting "the truth conform to music.""
Frances McCue replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"Okay. Top ten Hugo Montana poems. Let's rank 'em!"
Frances McCue replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
""the picnic should have worked." That line is so contemporary on all sorts of levels. The picnic was a strategy for intimacy. So like the "focus group" and "social networking" language we are currently immersed in!"
Frances McCue replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"Wow! I love a bold statement like that Jason. It's like some kind of magic, those line breaks in Hugo. I think they help you hear the rhythm more. I also think he overturns expectations of syntax that margin-to-margin prose belies, and that is…"
Frances McCue replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"Mike is really riffing on Hugo and it's a pleasure. So here's a big question: What does Hugo actually do to turn those prose sentences into poetic syntax? Anyone have any answers? He makes poems by transforming flat vernacular...."
Frances McCue replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"is it possible to ever get the town of Dixon right?"
Frances McCue replied to Humanities Roundtable's discussion 'Hugo's Selected Poems'
"Mike, this is such a cool reflection. Today, i was driving along and listening to Patti Smith sing Paul Simon's song "Boy in the Bubble" and I was thinking about how poetry doesn't have that big sound that rock and roll does. I…"
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