The best idea in history of pop music, or the worst?

A recent excerpt from Erin McKeown's always-cheery newsletter:

"my friend kris delmhorst has a fantastic new album out, STRANGE
CONVERSATION. the idea is this: kris took some of her favorite old
poems
by the likes of walt whitman, ee cummings, rumi, and virgil, and she
wrote
beautiful new songs around them. i seriously encourage you to check it
out."

McKeown hasn't let me down before, but this one is iffy.