“The best young writers are convinced they need blurbs from famous writers before an editor will even read the first page of a manuscript. If this is true, then the editorial system that prevails today stinks. And let's start reforming it.” IfsNeedsFirstsTodayYoungPagesConvincedEditorsManuscriptsStinkEditorialsYoung WritersFamous Writers Book:Toward a new poetry Source: Toward a new poetry
“I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in current events, although I will occasionally discuss them if other people want to discuss them.” PeopleIfsWantWatchesEventsTelevisionCurrentsNewspapersNot InterestedCurrent Events Author:Diane Wakoski
“I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing the point of the American tradition, which is always apolitical, even when the poetry comes out of politically active writers.” IfsThinkingWritingPoliticalLiteratureMissingTraditionActivePointingAmerican TraditionApolitical Author:Diane Wakoski
“My poems are almost all written as Diane. I don't have any problems with that, and if other women choose to identify with this, I think that's terrific.” IfsThinkingProblemWomenWrittenTerrific Author:Diane Wakoski
“I think I'm a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and I'm not shy about presenting them, so if people ask for my critical response to a poem, I tell them what works and why, and what doesn't work and why.” PeopleIfsThinkingReadingAsksReaderResponseVery GoodCriticalShyCriteriaPresenting Author:Diane Wakoski
