In a recent issue of Oprah's O Magazine, eight "rising poets express their dynamic personal styles—and show you how to cultivate your own." This feature was part of the magazine's attempt to celebrate National Poetry Month. It was edited by, gasp, Maria Shriver, and as David Orr remarks in his great column for this Sunday's NY Times Book review, it included interviews with "all-star readers like Bono, Ashton Kutcher, the gossip columnist Liz Smith" and James Franco, of course. Click here to check out Orr's piece on the chasm between the intangible pursuits of poetry and mass culture-cum-couture -- if you can bypass the Times' new paywall.
Poet Suheir Hammad doesn't always look the way people expect a poet to look, "Onstage, you'll find me in sequins." Fellow poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths says she loves "how the teal, chartreuse, and peach complement one another, and how they look against my skin," donning a $1,296 slim pencil skirt and a $2,757 Sequined cardigan by L'Wren Scott.
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