One of the most powerful devices is to distort time, to go from human time to atomic time, geologic time. Sometimes you can actually accomplish
Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in that way. It’s delightful to distort size, to see something
The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin. They’re very short books of poems, and very carefully arranged.
Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.
Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form,
Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place
A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising.
You have to really dive deep back into yourself and get rid of so much modern analytical categorization. It’s one of the great things poetry
I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes
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