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To Tell or Not to Tell with James Navé
To Tell or Not to Tell with James Navé
Telling a poem is different than performing it.
It’s closer to telling a story than delivering a text.
Welcome to Twice 5 Miles Radio. I’m your host, James Navé. Today I’m going solo once again, spending time with a subject that’s been close to me for many years: how we read, perform, recite—or, as I prefer to say, tell—a piece of literature.
I’ve earned my living doing this work. I’ve stood on stages, read into microphones, memorized poems, improvised, stumbled, and kept going. And even now, after all these years, I’m still not completely satisfied. I…
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