Philip Larkin Has A Tough Honesty And

Some People Want To Call Me An Appalachian Writer, Even Though I Know Some People Use Regional Labels To Belittle.

Southern Poets Are Still Writing Narrative Poems, Poems In Forms, Dramatic Poems.

I Don't Think Poetry Is Something That Can Be Taught. We Can Encourage Young Writers, But What You Can't Teach Them Is The Very Essence Of Poetry.

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 Little Bit Later.