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Below is an excerpt from Hoa Nguyen’s reading at Buffalo State College on February 26, 2010; go to the Habenicht Press Youtube channel for her full Q&A after the reading. Enjoy!

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There’s a new youtube page for Habenicht Press, on which I’ve posted video of the most recent readings, by Alex Porco and Lisa Forrest. Below is a link to part 1…

Lisa Forrest p. 1

Enjoy!

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A few thoughts on this: First, we saw John Stewart talk last fall at UB. I came away impressed not only by how funny he is, but how smart and incisive his analysis of current political issues is. I’ve been reading a lot of plays lately from the Renaissance-Romantic period, and one of the things that stands out is the central role of the clown. Part of his role is to point, with (black) humor, towards the failings and foibles of those in power. In fact, he’s often the only one in a position to do so. Having just read Macbeth, I was struck by the absence of this character — indeed, of any real comedy at all. It’s in many ways the bleakest of Shakespeare’s plays. No hope = no humor. Maybe, just maybe, the fact that we have someone in the MSM angry and funny enough to take some of these weasels on means there’s hope — even if it’s of the canary in a coalmine type.

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Trust me, this is hilarious.

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This is a scream… Bruce Andrews will be at UB this week to visit my poetics class and give a reading.

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Here’s a song I just received from my friend Oleg in Russia (that’s him in the middle, playing guitar).

It captures my current state of mind pretty well. More soon.

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