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Quote by Matthea Harvey

“Erasures are interesting to me because they prove what particular sieves we all are.”

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Matthea Harvey is an American poet, born on September 3, 1973. Her work is known for its unique style and rich imagination, often blending poetry, music, and theatrical elements. more

“I feel that other people's suggestions are very dangerous. Yet, I can't say that they are always destructive or not useful. Perhaps, rather than having other people tell you how you should improve your work, they should just tell you how they understand your work, what they got out of it, so that you can figure out yourself if what you did was right or wrong.”

People Ifs Feels Should I Can Dangerous Figures Destructive Suggestions

Author:Yuriy Tarnawsky

“I always lived in a multilingual society (Polish-Ukrainian, German-Ukrainian, English-Ukrainian), and was open to outside linguistic influences. I think it was within three years of coming to the US that I started writing in English, although purely for myself, not trying to get it published. Living in America, I was constantly in touch with English, and Ukrainian was for me a private language.”

Thinking Writing Trying Years America Three Language Influence Three Years Polish Ukrainian

Author:Yuriy Tarnawsky

“I was always creatively stubborn, adverse to editing by others, and wanted to use the kind of Ukrainian we spoke among ourselves rather than the more artificial prescribed literary Ukrainian. The problem was the greatest in prose, where editors would change my language because "it sounded better this way." My poetry they left alone probably out of deference to that hallowed genre.”

Way Kind Use Problem Wanted Left Language Genre Prose Spokes Editors Artificial Editing Stubborn Left Alone Adverse Ukrainian Deference

Author:Yuriy Tarnawsky

“I've done a lot of going back and forth with my own writing, in particular translating my English language stuff into Ukrainian - poetry as well as prose. But I actually hate doing it. It is a thankless, mind-numbing process, additionally unpleasant for me because it reminds me of my ambiguous status of not belonging anywhere.”

Writing Mind Wells Done Hate Language Stuff Process My Own Particular Prose Belonging Translate English Language Back And Forth Ambiguous Ukrainian Numbing Thankless Not Belonging

Author:Yuriy Tarnawsky

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