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2016-05-05 17:36:07 Post No. 8002783
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2016-05-05 17:36:07
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So we can possibly separate books into two classes: commercial and non-commercial.
I mean, yeah, it's all commercial since that's what publishing is but I'm talking about the intentions of the writer here. At one end of the spectrum is the self-published stuff on Amazon that's written by formula for the sole purpose of giving the vampire/zombie/werewolf/space opera audience (pic related) something to throw their money at. The opposite end would be something like My Twisted World: The Story of Elliot Roger which he wrote and distributed with absolutely no possibility of profiting from it (since he killed himself after writing it).
Does that same division exist in poetry? Are there commercial poets that just write uninspired poetry for the money? Does poetry also have an audience of under-critical readers that spend a shitload of money on certain kinds of poetry books? And if so please give me some titles because I am really interesting in seeing what commercial poetry looks like.