Rex Scott Gives “Chicago” the Reading It Deserves by FF · Published July 16, 2018 · Updated February 28, 2021 https://tffpodcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/season02b/180716_BEATNIK-POETRY-CHICAGO.mp3 Share Tweet
The return of the Beatnik.
For some reason, this reminds me of Super Soul’s soliloquy in the movie Vanishing Point.
Oy!
Rex had suggested doing “The Raven,” but, as far as that poem falls short of my own conception of good poetry, it di not deserve a travesty. Now, Sandburg–“I kinda like this one, Bob.”