Friday, May 16, 2014

HARRY NORTHUP READS A POEM

An old friend, and wonderful poet and actor (you've seen him in many Scorcese and Demme movies, among others), Harry Northup has a series of YouTube videos where he reads a poem in a public place with all the noise and distractions that would normally create completely accepted and incorporated as background.

I love Harry's unique voice and his unique approach to sharing his poetry. Here he is reading from one of my all-time favorite books, his REUNIONS:

 

2 comments:

JenW said...

I listened to an interview with Harry on The Greenfield Code where he read poems from Red Snow Fence and I enjoyed it so much. Now I have to get a copy of REUNIONS. Thank you.

AlamedaTom said...

Loved it. As for the reference to William Carlos Williams:

"No defeat is made up entirely of defeat—since
the world it opens is always a place
formerly
unsuspected."

~ From "The Descent" (1948)