“I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the world.” ThinkingWorldDealsKnowingReaderExcuseNot KnowingNo ExcusesAmerican Poetry Author:James Laughlin
“I think there is a great difference, in that when the poet is reading you get the whole personality of the person, especially if he's a good reader. Whereas a person just sitting gets what he puts into it.” IfsThinkingPersonsWholeReadingDifferencesPoetPersonalityReaderSitting Author:James Laughlin
“Of course a poem is a two-way street. No poem is any good if it doesn't suggest to the reader things from his own mind and recollection that he will read into it, and will add to what the poet has suggested. But I do think poetry readings are very important.” IfsThinkingWayMindTwoImportantCoursesReadingStreetsPoetReaderAddTwo WaysRecollectionTwo Way StreetPoetry Reading Author:James Laughlin
“I try to write in plain brown blocks of American speech but occasionally set in an ancient word or a strange word just to startle the reader a little bit and to break up the monotony of the plain American cadence.” WritingTryingLittlesBitsBreakStrangeReaderSpeechLittle BitAncientBlockBrownBreak UpMonotonousMonotonyCadence Author:James Laughlin
“I often feel I'm working in a vacuum, or in a country where few readers hear the sounds.” FeelsCountrySoundReaderVacuums Author:James Laughlin
