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“I am very chary -- and weary of the poetry of men and women of letters who "dig" -- with a "Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun." I read poetry to forget that I am reading. I write poetry to forget that I am writing. - "What You Write Is Nobody's Business": An Interview With Wong May (The Believer, May 2014)” — Wong May

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I am very chary -- and weary of the poetry of men and women of letters who "dig" -- with a "Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun." I read poetry to forget that I am reading. I write poetry to forget that I am writing. - "What You Write Is Nobody's Business": An Interview With Wong May (The Believer, May 2014)
— Wong May