“I mean, what's thematic? How to put it? Going back to, like, 1980, when I started writing poetry. Language itself became an issue. I'd even think about font as an aspect of text, you know, how something looks on a page. A lot of this is the product of a very solitary existence, it's like, language, I mean, you know. A lot of time spent alone in the creation of all of this stuff.” ThinkingKnowsWritingLooksMeanLanguageStuffExistenceKnow HowIssuesCreationProductsPagesAspectSolitaryWriting PoetryTime SpentFontsThematic Author:Richard Meltzer
“And the whole online thing is like, I just, that to me is a world that doesn't exist. It's not something you could touch or lick or smell. And as my eyes get worse, it's very hard to read. And there's no money in it. I mean, it's like they pay, like the best you can go is 1970 prices.” WorldMeanHardWholeEyePaySmellOnlineNo Money Author:Richard Meltzer