"Worn-away wild."
Clifton, Murphy, Davis, Gilbert, Caponegro
Lucille Clifton:
Miguel Murphy:
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Lydia Davis:
Jack Gilbert:
Mary Caponegro:
The eros of reading—as of writing—for me, is the challenge of looking ever deeper; the more layers the better, the more rich the experience and the resonance. But the irony of course is that this is what probably turns most readers off; it’s too complicated. You spend years creating a finely wrought, intricately designed artifact, and then someone takes one look and thinks, what am I supposed to do with that?, where would I put it?, why is it so fussy?, etc.
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