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Here’s the audio of my poetry reading from Caffe Lena last night. I had such a great time, despite the presence of a fairly annoying heckler. Many of my friends were in the audience, and a ton of new folks were there, too. Mostly students, I think. In fact, the place was so packed that I ran out of copies of Daylight Robbery, even though I printed twice as many as I thought I’d need. Thanks to host Carol Graser for having me and to my mom for driving up from New York. And thanks to all my friends for coming out to support me!
Sorry but due to recent cutbacks in arts funding only one heckler is allowed per coffeehouse reading … I used to get four or five. In spite of this you did a remarkable job. Some people are debating whether western poetry exists entirely without moral judgments but you showed amazing balance … you could tell from other readers that the least judgmental was also the best poetry … but that’s why you were given the Merton book. Thank you for being so generous of your talent. I mean that.