His reading voice was so soft and tender, a real lilting American poetry voice, not like those weird rhythmic poetry recitals you get from Oxford graduates in England, each linebreak rushed over without a breath. It was more like speech on the street or in the bar or over the dinner table or what have you — that’s what it was supposed to be, I suppose. …
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