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“I hope you all find yourselves sleeping with someone you love, maybe not all of the time, but a lot of the time. The touch of a foot in the night is sincere. I hope you like your work, I hope there’s mystery and poetry in your life — not even poems, but patterns. I hope you can see them. Often these patterns will wake you up, and you will know that you are alive, again and again.”

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Eileen Myles
Eileen Myles

Eileen Myles is an American poet born in 1949. Her work is known for its unique style and profound exploration of female experience. more

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