Community means people spending time together here, and I don't think there's really that. Marilyn Hacker communitymeanpeople Change image and share on social
As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can wear you down. Marilyn Hacker amountattentionoblige Change image and share on social
There is always an element of play in form, however 'serious' the expression. Marilyn Hacker elementexpressionform Change image and share on social
I don't know whether a poem has be there to help to develop something. I think it's there for itself, for what the reader finds in it. Marilyn Hacker developfindpoem Change image and share on social
We sometimes received - and I would read - 200 manuscripts a week. Some of them were wonderful, some were terrible; most were mediocre. It was like the gifts of the good and bad fairies. Marilyn Hacker badfairygift Change image and share on social
I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets. Marilyn Hacker accidentattractfrench Change image and share on social
There is something very satisfactory about being in the middle of something. Marilyn Hacker middlesatisfactory Change image and share on social
I'm addicted to email, but other than that, there are practical things - being able to buy a book on the internet that you can't find in your local bookshop. This could be a lifeline if you live further from the sources. Marilyn Hacker addictbookbookshop share on social
I think there is something about coming to a city to work that puts you in touch with it in a different way. Marilyn Hacker citycomeput Change image and share on social
I started to send my work to journals when I was 26, which was just a question of when I got the courage up. They were mostly journals I had been reading for the previous six or seven years. Marilyn Hacker couragejournalprevious Change image and share on social