Date 01/04/2016 - News People
n celebration of National Poetry Month, Bill Murray contributed a list of his favorite poems to a piece for the April issue of Oprah Winfrey's O Magazine. The actor/bon vivant marked that occasion Thursday on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with a dramatic reading of Lucille Clifton's "What the Mirror Said."
Murray landed his poetry gig about after O's Books Editor Leigh Haber reached out through a mutual friend and left a voicemail. She didn't hear back for two months, but Murray returned her call one day before deadline and coordinated an in-person poetry reading. The resulting piece features annotations from the actor; for "What the Mirror Said," he wrote, "Everybody needs an 'Attagirl!' now and then."
