My parents were willing to let me follow my nose, do what I wanted to do, and they supported my interest by buying the books that I wanted for birthdays and Christmas, almost always poetry books. Donald Hall birthdaybookbuy Change image and share on social
I grew up in the suburbs of Connecticut - during the school time of year - but I preferred it in New Hampshire. I preferred the culture, the landscape, the relative solitude. I've always loved it. Donald Hall connecticutculturegrow Change image and share on social
Many years, I would publish four books - an anthology, a book of criticism, a new book of poems, a book of essays. Donald Hall anthologybookcriticism Change image and share on social
I live in the house my great-grandfather moved to in 1865... I spent all my summers here as a kid haying with my grandfather, and it was my favorite place in the world. Donald Hall favoritegrandfathergreat Change image and share on social
I have to do draft after draft... It takes me a long time, but I love doing it, and I have to do it every day, or I feel slack. Donald Hall daydraftfeel Change image and share on social
I don't publish anything I haven't worked over 100 times. Donald Hall publishtimework Change image and share on social
I felt the need to be more open and expressive of my feelings, not just about the hills and the countryside, but about the daily life. Donald Hall countrysidedailyexpressive Change image and share on social
Sound had always been my portal to poetry, but in the beginning, sound was imagined through the eye. Donald Hall begineyeimagine Change image and share on social
However alert we are, antiquity remains an unknown, unanticipated galaxy. Donald Hall alertantiquitygalaxy Change image and share on social
After a couple of years of public high school, I went to Exeter - an insane conglomeration of adolescent males in the wilderness, all of whom claimed to hate poetry. Donald Hall adolescentclaimconglomeration Change image and share on social