№ 01
“Okay, this is for the shorter attention span crowd. Got that done. We're getting paid by the poem here. It's piecework.” source
Actor and comedian
Bill Murray
Bill Murray is the actor and comedian behind Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, and Lost in Translation, and offscreen a serious lover of poetry. He has supported New York's Poets House since the 1990s. Picks below come from a National Poetry Month feature and his Poets House readings.
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All Bill Murray book recommendations.
№ 02
“Now I'm going to read a corny one for you. What's this gal's name again? Oh yeah, Emily Dickinson.” source
№ 03
“Alas, Kinnell, too, is now available for breakfast.” source
№ 04
“Everybody needs an Attagirl now and then.” source
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“This poem vibrates the insides of my ribs, where the meat is most tender.” source
№ 06
“It's not the dream of being big. It's the dream of being real. That's what stands out to me.” source
№ 07
Read Stevens's The Planet on the Table and A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts at Poets House source
№ 08
“He was actually baptized Big Bad William, but he's sweet Billy now. It's difficult to know someone like Billy Collins, and most people that have met him give up rather quickly.” source
Readers with overlapping taste
