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Who is your favourite contemporary dramatist?
Who is your favourite contemporary poet?
Are theatre and poetry even a thing anymore?
Is there contemporary poetry that does not sound like trite kitsch?
The most recent dramatist I admired is Thomas Bernhard ('The Force of Habit' and 'Histrionics'), but he pales in comparison to earlier and greater dramatists. As for poetry, I'll have to go back to Brechts later poems or some quieter stuff of Neruda. Honestly, the last poet that really got to me was Hölderlin and he wrote 200 years ago.
So, is there any worthwhile contemporary poet or dramatist out there? I hope so. Please help.
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>>9353713
The only stage performance I have enjoyed in the last 10 years was hamilton, and that based purely on account of the music, as the revisionist history and post-structuralist themes were repulsive.
All modern poetry I see reviewed is again, post-structuralist verse predicated on identity and oppression. Unfortunately I do not know enough about the current "scene" to get past the gatekeepers of contemporary literary reviews.
That said, the most recent edition of the New Criterion has a lot on modern poetry
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>>9353713
poet - David Mcgimpsey
oh man. worthwhile contemporary poetry? the poetry scene has never been more diverse. what kind of poetry do you like? just asking for any contemporary poetry is too broad.
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Dramatist David Mamet
Poet. John Ashberry
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>>9353766
You seem to be knowledgable and I'm open to anything you can offer me: what did you like? I'll take it.
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>>9353784
alright. I'll take a stab in the dark.
Peter Redgrove is recently dead but expect his star to rise.
Shane McCrae
D.A Powell
Alice Notely
Sparrow
that should give you a little overview of different styles going on today.
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