Introduction : poetry and popular culture -- Saving poetry -- Invisible audiences -- The business of rhyming -- The spin doctor -- Popular poetry and the program era -- Epilogue : in memoriam
Summary
"Exploring poetry scrapbooks, old-time radio show recording, advertising verse, corporate archives, and Hallmark greeting cards, among other unconventional sources, Mike Chasar casts American poetry as an everyday phenomenon consumed and created by a vast range of readers"-- Provided by publisher