James D. Watts Jr.

Tulsa World Scene Reporter

Matthew McConaughey decided early on to address what he perceived to be the elephant in the Tulsa PAC's Chapman Music Hall.

The Academy Award-winning actor was in town as part of a five-city tour to launch his latest book, a slim volume of verse titled "Poems & Prayers." The evening was presented by Magic City Books, and attracted a crowd that filled theater's more than 2,400 seats.

"So, McConaughey," he inquired rhetorically as he paced around the theater's stage Friday night. "Why are you writing poems and prayers? Well, I'll have you know — I, Matthew McConaughey, am an award-winning poet."

He took a moment to bask in the applause this revelation engendered, before adding that said award came in 1982, when he entered a school poetry wri

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