So we can possibly separate books into two classes: commercial
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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.
>>8002783
There's a tiny market for inspirational poetry supported by grandmas and Christians.
>>8002783
That picture, although cheesy, is very relatable desu. That postcoital feel of waking up after disappearing into the universe of a good book is pretty amazing.
>>8002783
Music has largely replaced poetry nowadays; there shall you seek a distinction between commercial drivel artificially designed by large record companies, pretentious garbage spewed out by humanities students and truly inspired art. Not to mention that a lot of music's artistic appeal is based on the sound of it rather than lyrical content; perhaps hip-hop is the closest thing to conventional poetry.
Then you've got "poets" like Mira Gonzalez. I read some of her work - it could work as prose if properly punctuated, but calling it "poetry" is, let me say it again, pretentious.
>>8002857
tru dat