Often something comes in from which you can see that the person is good, the book may not be perfect as it is, and the person doesn't want to do a re-write. That's something we do almost nothing of.

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I think most people read and re-read the things that they have liked. That's certainly...

I think most people read and re-read the things that they have liked. That's certainly...

Every now and then, I strike something that just goes click, you know, in my...

Every now and then, I strike something that just goes click, you know, in my...

I think one ages and one dates. I tend to have a good deal of...

I think one ages and one dates. I tend to have a good deal of...

Then, of course, there are those sad occasions when a poet or a writer has...

Then, of course, there are those sad occasions when a poet or a writer has...

There are numerous cases of that, where one of our writers discovers another writer whom...

There are numerous cases of that, where one of our writers discovers another writer whom...

It's all well and good to say that Germans were all responsible for the concentration...

It's all well and good to say that Germans were all responsible for the concentration...

Of course a poem is a two-way street. No poem is any good if it...

Of course a poem is a two-way street. No poem is any good if it...

I do read everything that we publish. We usually have to have two or three...

I do read everything that we publish. We usually have to have two or three...

We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to...

We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to...

I think there is a great difference, in that when the poet is reading you...

I think there is a great difference, in that when the poet is reading you...

I think that concrete poetry seems to have, as far as I can see, come...

I think that concrete poetry seems to have, as far as I can see, come...

The German experience, as you can see, did move me very much. Seeing that terrible...

The German experience, as you can see, did move me very much. Seeing that terrible...

We do very little re-writing in the office. We often take on people who show...

We do very little re-writing in the office. We often take on people who show...

I think that is where poetry reading becomes such an individual thing. I mean I...

I think that is where poetry reading becomes such an individual thing. I mean I...

I try to write in plain brown blocks of American speech but occasionally set in...

I try to write in plain brown blocks of American speech but occasionally set in...

Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me they're more visual than...

Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me they're more visual than...

With me it's the whole thing, it's the conceit, the idea, what the poem is...

With me it's the whole thing, it's the conceit, the idea, what the poem is...

We see them when they come to New York. They stay at my wife's apartment....

We see them when they come to New York. They stay at my wife's apartment....

I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal...

I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal...