“Everyone had always told me I had to see alpine flowers, since I was writing about flowers, and I had never seen these. So I happened to be teaching a class at the University of Colorado, and I got to go for hikes that took me there. But my perspective was most often down at ground level, trying to see quite tiny exquisite flowers.” WritingTryingLevelsClassHappenedTeachingFlowerPerspectiveUniversityTinyExquisiteColoradoAlpine Author:Martha Ronk
“I try to attach myself to things around me so that they don't slip away.” TryingSlips Author:Martha Ronk
“I think those of us who use language are always trying for this, trying to keep everything from floating away by trying to write about it despite failure.” ThinkingWritingTryingUseLanguageDespiteFloatingAlways TryingFloating Away Author:Martha Ronk
“One of the things I've always thought is that if I were to write a poetics, it would have to do with the poetics of failure, and the way in which all the things that you claim or that you try for are already based on the limits of language.” IfsWayWritingTryingLanguageLimitsClaims Author:Martha Ronk