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    Internet Not Responsible for Rise in Reading, Says Luddite

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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    01/12/09

    In reply to Internet Not Responsible for Rise in Reading, Says Luddite
    With video becoming easier to deliver online, I keep wondering how long text will continue to be the dominant web communication method. Pretty soon we'll just talk to each other using LOLcats and videos of people getting hit in the nuts.

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    Image of Iceland Spar Iceland Spar
    01/12/09

    In reply to Internet Not Responsible for Rise in Reading, Says Luddite
    Yea, but with Live Journal gone and nowhere for people to read the dirty Potter stories, that 50% number seems likely to drop significantly in 2009.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    01/12/09

    In reply to Internet Not Responsible for Rise in Reading, Says Luddite
    Getting market data from a poet is like hiring a weaver to fix your disposal.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    01/12/09

    @BadUncle:


    In all fairness, I don't think he's doing the legwork on the research. Also, he used to be in marketing at General Mills once upon a time.

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    01/12/09

    @Smitros: I look forward to his epic poem, "O Chex Mix - If I Must With Thee Dwell."
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    01/12/09

    @BadUncle:


    His marketing oeuvre included, if I am not mistaken, the Kool-Aid Man.

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    Image of blix blix
    01/12/09

    @BadUncle: The Lovesong of J. Alfred Pringles.
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    Image of macbeach macbeach
    01/13/09

    @BadUncle: They are serializing it next year.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    01/12/09

    In reply to Internet Not Responsible for Rise in Reading, Says Luddite
    This past year's sample was a bit off, what with all the fiction coming out in the campaign.
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    Image of PromQueen PromQueen
    01/12/09

    In reply to Internet Not Responsible for Rise in Reading, Says Luddite
    Also, he writes terrible, terrible poetry.
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    Image of PromQueen PromQueen
    01/12/09

    @PromQueen:
    This is from his website??


    The Country Wife


    She makes her way through the dark trees
    Down to the lake to be alone.
    Following their voices on the breeze,
    She makes her way. Through the dark trees
    The distant stars are all she sees.
    They cannot light the way she's gone.
    She makes her way through the dark trees
    Down to the lake to be alone.


    The night reflected on the lake,
    The fire of stars changed into water.
    She cannot see the winds that break
    The night reflected on the lake
    But knows they motion for her sake.
    These are the choices they have brought her:
    The night reflected on the lake,
    The fire of stars changed into water.

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    Image of blix blix
    01/12/09

    @PromQueen: Dana Gioia is a Vogon!?
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    01/12/09

    @blix: Tell me how good you thought his poem was!
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    Image of blix blix
    01/12/09

    @the hyphenator: HA!
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    Image of elvenjewel elvenjewel
    01/12/09

    @PromQueen: That is hilariously bad. If you want an oasis of BAD poetry, [poetry.com] is the place to look. Just don't submit a poem -- they only give out awards YOU have to pay for. :)
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