Everyday reading draws on recent work in literary and cultural studies to argue that until about 1950 ordinary readers of popular and commercial poetry in ameri we use cookies to enhance your experience on our websiteby continuing to use our website you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Poetry was then part and parcel of american popular culture spreading rapidly as the consumer economy expanded and companies exploited its profit making potential poetry also offered ordinary americans creative emotional political and intellectual modes of expression whether through scrapbooking participation in radio programs or poetry . Poetry was then part and parcel of american popular culture spreading rapidly as the consumer economy expanded and companies exploited its profit making potential poetry also offered ordinary americans creative emotional political and intellectual modes of expression whether through scrapbooking participation in radio programs or poetry . Download citation everyday reading poetry and popular culture in modern america by mike chasar review for individual readers and would be authors of literature who grew up in the mid to . Praise for everyday reading poetry and popular culture in modern america mike chasars brilliant witty book is the definitive guide to the growing field of american popular poetry empowered by prodigious research and informed by thorough knowledge of the traditional poetry canon chasars five chapters take us deep into the way poetry functioned in the lives of ordinary people