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“I came to poetry because I felt I couldn't live properly in the real world.”

Quote by Lucie Brock-Broido

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Lucie Brock-Broido

Lucie Brock-Broido is an American poet known for her distinctive style and profound emotional expression. Born on May 22, 1956, her poetry often delves into themes of human existence, including love, death, loneliness, and memory. more

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“I think the reason I've published so few books is that I have a pretty high expectation of self-reinvention between books and I would prefer to have been in this world and published fewer works than I would publishing the books that would reveal the process of the changes.”

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“I think American is very democratic in allowing different hues of language and parts of speech to commingle. William Logan once wrote that I had something of a fetish for what he called "Haute Couture Vulgarity."”

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“Let me just say that the politics that I have are never the politics of poetics. I am not interested in politics. Politically, I am only very conscious of how we live and what we do right and what we do so awfully wrong.”

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“Something I have "authority" on is animal rights. If I were not already so deep into the path I've taken, deep in the woods, I would probably work with animal rights activism because that's really where my heart lies. I think our relationships with animals are sacred and horrific. I've been a vegetarian since I was sixteen. What God said we are allowed to eat anything that does not have thumbs?”

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“I am fascinated with criminal law because it is as rigorous as a poem and because it is based on what has been written down even before one has committed a crime.”

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