There are a couple of high profile defenses of her in mainstream outlets; the new yorker piece is on of them.
I am adamently of the opinion that the poet's job is *not* to let you into their mentality! I mean, that can be one thing some poets do, but it's not the only goal (for me) and sometimes I prefer poets who do something else altogether.
There are a couple of high profile defenses of her in mainstream outlets; the new yorker piece is on of them.
I am adamently of the opinion that the poet's job is *not* to let you into their mentality! I mean, that can be one thing some poets do, but it's not the only goal (for me) and sometimes I prefer poets who do something else altogether.
Yes. I am not sure what the poets I like ARE doing but it isn’t that. I just found the possibility of cultural specificity and regional cultural classes amusing since I had a terrible time in Ohio, and there WAS something about the culture that cordoned off certain contradictions or ironies or moments of self-consciousness--people did this with vehemence. And I would always feel terrible that I had spoiled their day with my meta-narrative. Even the ‘and what will you do’ is such a ‘stay busy’ ideal. It’s hilariously Ohioan.
There are a couple of high profile defenses of her in mainstream outlets; the new yorker piece is on of them.
I am adamently of the opinion that the poet's job is *not* to let you into their mentality! I mean, that can be one thing some poets do, but it's not the only goal (for me) and sometimes I prefer poets who do something else altogether.
Yes. I am not sure what the poets I like ARE doing but it isn’t that. I just found the possibility of cultural specificity and regional cultural classes amusing since I had a terrible time in Ohio, and there WAS something about the culture that cordoned off certain contradictions or ironies or moments of self-consciousness--people did this with vehemence. And I would always feel terrible that I had spoiled their day with my meta-narrative. Even the ‘and what will you do’ is such a ‘stay busy’ ideal. It’s hilariously Ohioan.
I think she's a very american poet; the emerson to self-help tradition is real.