One of the biggest changes that ever occurred in my life was going from the isolation of working part-time as a house painter in Henderson County, to Cornell, where everybody was a literary person.

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Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. It would make...

Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. It would make...

I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very...

I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very...

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 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...

I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences...

I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences...

I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from...

I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from...

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 love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as...

I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as...

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...

In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible.

In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible.

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...

A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them...

A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them...

I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject....

I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject....

Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.

Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.

I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly...

I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly...

I love chapbooks. They're in some ways the ideal form in which to publish and...

I love chapbooks. They're in some ways the ideal form in which to publish and...

Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in...

Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in...

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...

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...

The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read...

The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read...