The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English.

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Young writers find their first audience in little magazines, and experimental writers find their only...

Young writers find their first audience in little magazines, and experimental writers find their only...

The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin....

The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin....

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....

One of the most powerful devices is to distort time, to go from human time...

One of the most powerful devices is to distort time, to go from human time...

I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so...

I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so...

Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have...

Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have...

Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away...

Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away...

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...

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...

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...

The Black Mountain poet I like most is the early Creeley. Those early poems seem...

The Black Mountain poet I like most is the early Creeley. Those early poems seem...

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

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

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...

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...