“The cave is a dark, shadowy place. It's a place that's very close and yet distant at the same time, and it's a place of revelation and isolation. Your form, your body, your writing is your confinement.” WritingBodyFormDarkYour BodyRevelationsIsolationCavesConfinement Author:Gerald Stern
“I've changed over my writing life. If I can generalize, I would say that the more recent poems - believe it or not - are more pointedly political; although, if the earlier poems were more existential, they were still political; though, in their own way, had a complicated presence.” IfsWayWritingBelieveStillsI CanPoliticalChangedComplicatedExistentialWriting LifeI've Changed Author:Gerald Stern
“The act of writing itself isn't outrageous. And the institution subtly and insidiously works on you in such a way that though you seem to have freedom you become a servant. Your main issue is to get promoted to the next thing. Or get invited to a picnic. Or get tenure. Or get laid.” WayWritingSeemsNextIssuesInstitutionsServantInvitedOutrageousPicnicsTenureGetting Laid Author:Gerald Stern
