“Genres have a history and impose a historical character upon the writer. What is interesting in the poem involves a certain kind of dramatization of the self that you don't have to engage in in the essay. In fact, the essay is a more social medium than the poem.” KindSelfCharacterFactsCertainSocialInterestingHistoricalMediumsGenreEssays Author:Vijay Seshadri
“You don't think of yourself as your external representation, or even your national origin or anything like that. You don't reduce yourself to that. That's kind of unthinkable.” ThinkingKindRepresentationThink Of YouUnthinkable Author:Vijay Seshadri
