I don't live with earplugs. I don't like the spotlight - but I like overhearing conversations. Louise Gluck conversationearpluglive Change image and share on social
It seems to me in the past it's been a good thing, as a writer, to have experiences I hadn't expected. Louise Gluck expectexperiencegood Change image and share on social
We have a disturbing cultural appetite for novelty, and it seems to me wrong each new laureate should dislodge the ideas of his or her predecessor, especially when they're still unfolding. Louise Gluck appetiteculturaldislodge Change image and share on social
I preferred the simplest vocabulary. Louise Gluck prefersimplevocabulary Change image and share on social
Toward his critics, the artist harbors a defensive ace: knowledge that the future will erase the present. Louise Gluck aceartistcritic Change image and share on social
I have no concern with widening audience. Louise Gluck audienceconcernwiden Change image and share on social
What I responded to, on the page, was the way a poem could liberate, by means of a word's setting, through subtleties of timing, of pacing, that word's full and surprising range of meaning. It seemed to me that simple language best suited this enterprise. Louise Gluck enterprisefulllanguage share on social