Late Fame

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Late Fame

Oct 12 2026 | 00:03:22

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Show Notes

An older man, who wrote one book of poetry years ago and then stopped writing, is rediscovered by a group of young writers in New York City. Poetry used to be widely read. It was considered important. Now, when most people don’t read it, poets may justifiably feel nostalgic about the days when intellectuals gathered in Greenwich Village coffee houses and wrote poems. It’s been idealized, and in the new comedy-drama Late Fame, it’s a subject of wistful satire. Willem Dafoe plays Ed Saxberger, an older man living in lower Manhattan who has worked at the post office for the past…

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