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Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places.

Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places.

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 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 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 don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers,...

I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers,...

I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.

I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.

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...

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

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

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...

A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a...

A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a...

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...

Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think...

Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think...

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

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

With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special...

With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special...

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...

You have to really dive deep back into yourself and get rid of so much...

You have to really dive deep back into yourself and get rid of so much...

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...