I like it when someone gives me a new book of poetry by a poet I haven't read. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes book poet poetry
Most good fiction also has a character the writer seems to know more deeply than anyone can actually be known in life, but a few unusual writers can make something great without that. Nell Freudenberger characterdeeplyfiction Change image and share on social
If somebody says your story is only published because you look nice in the photo, that maybe spurs you on to write. Nell Freudenberger nicephotopublish Change image and share on social
Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories. Nell Freudenberger alicecharacterdrive Change image and share on social
The thing about great poetry is we have no defenses against it. David Whyte defensegreatpoetry Change image and share on social
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle. Mike Tyson beginbookcycle Change image and share on social
For poets today or in any age, the choice is not between freedom on the one hand and abstruse French forms on the other. The choice is between the nullity and vanity of our first efforts, and the developing of a sense of idiom, form, structure, metre, rhythm, line - all the fundamental characteristics of this verbal art. James Fenton abstruseageart share on social