Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have sort of keyed themselves to that.

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Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a...

Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a...

I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the...

I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the...

I tell students they will know they are getting somewhere when a scene is so...

I tell students they will know they are getting somewhere when a scene is so...

We have a lot of long narrative poems written in the 20th century, but they're...

We have a lot of long narrative poems written in the 20th century, but they're...

In the late 60s and early 70s, I did get interested in voices, and in...

In the late 60s and early 70s, I did get interested in voices, and in...

In the later books I am much more at home in the use of language...

In the later books I am much more at home in the use of language...

If people associate me with a region, that's fine with me.

If people associate me with a region, that's fine with me.

Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems.

Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems.

Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have...

Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have...

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

The idea of avant-garde art is a very suspicious thing to me, the idea that...

The idea of avant-garde art is a very suspicious thing to me, the idea that...

Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a...

Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a...

When you have an idea for a story, you want those characters to reach as...

When you have an idea for a story, you want those characters to reach as...

What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when...

What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when...

It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you...

It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you...

I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be...

I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be...

I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a...

I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a...

One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can...

One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can...

One of the biggest changes that ever occurred in my life was going from the...

One of the biggest changes that ever occurred in my life was going from the...

The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers...

The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers...