Sex Peddler Turns Bard
The publisher of Maxim has put out a book of poems,
A Glass Half Full. The book has an intial run of 25,000 in the US after selling 15,000 in the UK.
So will poetry be lowered to the level of soft porn? (and not even very good since none of Maxim's girls are nude). Perhaps it might surprise you that Playboy acutally prints Short Fiction and is recommended as a place to submit stories (if you are a young male author, writing for an audience of young male readers).
Perhaps Maxim will revive literature by bringing it back to mass audience. Har har, not likely. After all, the verse will dissappoint buyers looking for scantily clad women and I doubt it will be appearing in any classes taught by the readers of this blog. So will the volume (or future volumes) from the Maxim publisher do anything for poetry, other than cheapen the art and make a few dollars for a publishing millionaire?
A Glass Half Full. The book has an intial run of 25,000 in the US after selling 15,000 in the UK.
So will poetry be lowered to the level of soft porn? (and not even very good since none of Maxim's girls are nude). Perhaps it might surprise you that Playboy acutally prints Short Fiction and is recommended as a place to submit stories (if you are a young male author, writing for an audience of young male readers).
Perhaps Maxim will revive literature by bringing it back to mass audience. Har har, not likely. After all, the verse will dissappoint buyers looking for scantily clad women and I doubt it will be appearing in any classes taught by the readers of this blog. So will the volume (or future volumes) from the Maxim publisher do anything for poetry, other than cheapen the art and make a few dollars for a publishing millionaire?
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