There is an element in some of my work that has to do with being an outsider, feeling like not part of the dominant culture. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes culture dominant element
With contemporary poetry having approximately as many fans outside the immediate field as there are devotees of undergoing knee surgery, any sentient, breathing reader who's genuinely interested in poetry... not scared of it... seems a godsend. Amy Gerstler approximatelybreathecontemporary share on social
Only recently have I realized that being different is not something you want to hide or squelch or suppress. Amy Gerstler hiderealizerecently Change image and share on social
Ideally, I'd love to write poems that intrigued humans across the board: literary folk and academics as well as... dog-walkers, doctors, plumbers, chefs, math professors, jugglers, etc. Amy Gerstler academicboardchef Change image and share on social
Fear is a far more dominant force in human behaviour than euphoria - I would never have expected that or given it a moment's thought before, but it shows up in the data in so many ways. Alan Greenspan behaviourdatumdominant Change image and share on social
Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan. Jeffrey Wright culturedirtyfan Change image and share on social
I do like the zombie movies quite a bit. I know there are purist zombie guys that don't like the running zombies, but I dig the infected thing. I think that's a scarier incorporation of an element into the genre. Mark Pellegrino bitedigelement share on social