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Sunday Read: James Franco’s Poems are Rubbish

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Directing Herbert WhiteWhy is everyone indulging James Franco? Charlotte Runcie certainly isn’t, in her review of his debut collection of poetry, Directing Herbert White. Verse in the voice of Lindsay Lohan? Not so fetch:

North Korea recently condemned the actor James Franco’s upcoming film, The Interview, as “an act of terrorism and war”. Let’s hope they don’t find out about his poems.

Franco’s debut collection, Directing Herbert White, is being published by Faber (yes, really). It’s the latest artistic hand grenade to be lobbed by the Hollywood renaissance man who, aside from starring in films such as Pineapple Express, 127 Hours and Spring Breakers, is the author of short stories, a novel and some questionable journalism…

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