In California in the early Spring, There are pale yellow mornings, when the mist burns slowly into day, The air stings like Autumn, clarifies like pain - Well, I have dreamed this coast myself. Robert Hass airautumnburn Change image and share on social
I got interested in the question of literacy because writers are always moaning about why more people don't read books. Robert Hass bookinterestliteracy Change image and share on social
When I was in college, I lost my scholarship one year. I had enough money for tuition, but not room and board. So I camped in the hills. Robert Hass boardcampcollege Change image and share on social
As poet laureate, I was asked to be a spokesman for literature. Robert Hass asklaureateliterature Change image and share on social
The first book that really knocked me out was the 'Brothers Karamazov.' I read it when I was a senior in high school. Robert Hass bookbrotherhigh Change image and share on social
The market doesn't make communities. Markets make networks of self-interested individuals, and they work as long as there's more than enough to go around. Robert Hass communityindividualinterest Change image and share on social
The Vietnam War and the Iraq war, in different ways, both made me feel like I could not not address them. I'm very doubtful about the usefulness of poetry to do that. Robert Hass addressdoubtfulfeel Change image and share on social
I teach a lecture course on American poetry to as many as 150 students. For a lot of them, it's their only elective, so this is their one shot. They'll take the Russian Novel or American Poetry, so I want to give them the high points, the inescapable poets. Robert Hass americanelectivegive share on social
Not to make too much of a claim for poetry, but this is a question that goes to the moral heart of the business of any art: 'How do you see the world, and what right do you have to see the world in the way that you do?' Robert Hass artbusinessclaim share on social
