Stories Are The Reproductive Organs Of Language.

Russian Literature, Like Colonial Canadian Literature, Comes With A Lot Of Landscape Backdrop.

When You Think Intensely And Beautifully, Something Happens. That Something Is Called Poetry. If You Think That Way And Speak At The Same Time, Poetry Gets In Your Mouth. If People Hear You, It Gets In Their Ears. If You Think That Way And Write At The Same Time, Then Poetry Gets Written. But Poetry Exists In Any Case. The Question Is Only: Are You Going To Take Part, And If So, How?

The First Function Of Violence In Native American Literatures Is Simply To Acknowledge That Violence Is Implicit, Like Gravity And Sunlight, In The World And Our Relations With The World.

Typography Is To Literature As Musical Performance Is To Composition: An Essential Act Of Interpretation, Full Of Endless Opportunities For Insight Or Obtuseness.

Poetry, I'm Often Told, Is Something Made Of Words. I Think It Really Goes The Other Way Around: Words Are Made Of Poetry.