“I was always worried about the dishonesty and meretriciousness that often accompanies ego. So I tried to make the memoir as factual and accurate and as unemotional as I could, and let readers make their own judgments on what happened. And, in fact, that's how I write poetry. I'm trying to present the reader with the experience itself, not with my commentary on it. So I adopted a style that I'd hoped would let me accomplish that.” WritingTryingStyleEgoJudgmentLet MeAccomplishMemoirWorriedAdoptedDishonestyFactual Author:Dan Burt
“I'm an old man, and I want to lay out what I think I understand. With poems like "Traitor," I'm examining my feelings, my convictions, my understanding of the world, and testing whether they're really true. So that when you hang your holster up, you can make a judgment on whether you have any integrity at all. That's what I care about. That's why I wrote it. If I can't write that poem, then I've got it wrong somehow.” ThinkingMenWorldWritingFeelingsCareUnderstandingIntegrityJudgmentConvictionOld ManI CareTraitorReally True Author:Dan Burt
