At 02:40 AM 11/24/99 -0500, Booth, Christopher wrote:
>But personally, until some
>hypothetical day when public readings of poetry and prose return as a
>widespread practice in the English-speaking world
Actually, in North America we have a thriving, popular, and well-remunerated
oral-poetry tradition. However, it is practiced only seasonally, between early
April and mid-October. -Tim