London Review Bookshop Podcast cover image

Night Sky with Exit Wounds: Ocean Vuong and Max Porter

London Review Bookshop Podcast

00:00

The Difference Between Poems That's Read Aloud and That You Read

When I'm reciting the poem it becomes like a second page the air becomes a second page where I get to pressurize the syntax differently than I would have on the page so it's just another opportunity and therefore an expansion of the innovations that are limited by the text but then are offered new by the voice you know. Motown was so vital because a lot of the lyrics were elongated and emotion exists potently in those spaces. There is question about there hi brown Asian American voice going off what you said about Etta James and growing up in Hartford which was black and brown. So writing as yourself Asian American brown you can't be anything else except more than that right.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app