tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post5651534340784764389..comments2024-03-05T14:43:58.777-08:00Comments on Rogue Strands: The price of poetry?Matthew Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11050474652034142849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-64859496427244025102012-09-17T01:23:29.106-07:002012-09-17T01:23:29.106-07:00Another advantage with tie-ins is that they provid...Another advantage with tie-ins is that they provide us with the chance to gain new readers for poetry, people who think verse has nothing to do with their lives. That excites me!Matthew Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11050474652034142849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-80881472678391397522012-09-17T00:40:55.635-07:002012-09-17T00:40:55.635-07:00When you can get the Complete works of Shakespeare...When you can get the Complete works of Shakespeare for a tenner, or a boxed set of Beethoven's complete works for not too much more, poetry books (which are essentially limited editions without the numbers) can seem costly. They're costly even compared to blockbusters. And of course e-books are moving the goalposts. So perhaps poetry books should more often try to exploit their physicality - Tony Williams' "All the Rooms of Uncle's Head" for example - or at least have a tie-in with the physical world, which is what your reading did so well. Food for thought.<br />Tim Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00578925224900533603noreply@blogger.com