http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/04/24/april-more-than-just-the-cruellest-month/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:47:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/04/24/april-more-than-just-the-cruellest-month/#comment-125789 Don Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:29:33 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/04/24/april-more-than-just-the-cruellest-month/#comment-125789 Hurray for Richard Hugo. I was a sophomore in college when he came to my campus to read/recite. I had little knowledge of poetry and can't remember what prompted me to attend. It was electrifying. He recited most of his work from memory and, as a kid from Wyoming who had never encountered poetry about crummy little towns on the high plains like the ones I knew, I was hooked. Start with The Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir and go from there. Hurray for Richard Hugo. I was a sophomore in college when he came to my campus to read/recite. I had little knowledge of poetry and can’t remember what prompted me to attend. It was electrifying. He recited most of his work from memory and, as a kid from Wyoming who had never encountered poetry about crummy little towns on the high plains like the ones I knew, I was hooked. Start with The Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir and go from there.

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