Jeffrey Yang revisits Mary Oppen's Autobiography “It must be remembered that we were always two; we learned from reading and from what we saw, but conversation never ceases between us....Of course I am I and George is most certainly George, his accomplishments are his and mine are mine, but the composite life we live is us.” via POETRY MAGAZINE |
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What Sparks Poetry: Jay Besemer on Tristan Tzara's “Anecdote" "Already focusing on short, intense poems in my own writing, the eleven-line near-sonnet of 'Anecdote' made me feel that I had a path ahead of me ('from one halt to the next') and reassured me that I was not alone in my experiences of violent alienation and the sense of being wrong, badly-suited for what the whole world seemed to expect of me. In both form and content, 'Anecdote' resonated with my own needs, perspective and experiences, both interior and as a human animal in the world." |
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