Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. – Mark Strand
I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony. – Mark Strand
Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments. – Mark Strand
I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony. – Mark Strand
A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art. – Mark Strand
Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. – Mark Strand
Just about every childrens book in my local bookstore has an animal for its hero. But then, only a few feet away in the cookbook section, just about every cookbook includes recipes for cooking animals. Is there a more illuminating illustration of our paradoxical relationship with the nonhuman world? – Jonathan Safran Foer