“... woman is frequently praised as the more "creative" sex. She does not need to make poems, it is argued; she has no drive to make poems, because she is privileged to make babies. A pregnancy is as fulfilling as, say, Yeats' Sailing to Byzantium.... To call a child a poem may be a pretty metaphor, but it is a slur on the labor of art.” NeedsMayChildrenDoeArtPoetrySexCreativityCreativePoetBabyLaborMetaphorMotherhoodPregnancyFulfillingPrivilegedSailingSlursYeatsByzantium Author:Cynthia Ozick
“My grandmother was energetic and fearless - a talented poet and songwriter. She was also interested in chemistry and history and medicine, taking care of the people in her hacienda in Mexico, delivering babies. She could have become anything, but this was the 1930s, and she was forced into an arranged marriage.” PeopleCarePoetBabyMedicineFearlessGrandmotherChemistryMexicoSongwritersMy GrandmotherEnergeticDelivering1930sArranged Marriage Author:Salma Hayek
“All babies are incoherent, but they grow up. That is the principle difference between an infant and a poet.” GrowsDifferencesPrinciplesGrowing UpPoetBabyInfant Author:Sharyn McCrumb
“As playwrights, as poets, we have to look to ourselves, listen to our guts for the final answers about what changes to make. Everyone has advice about how to end your play differently. And it's not about right or wrong. At the end of the day, it's your baby and you know what's best.” KnowsLooksEndsPlayAnswersAdvicePoetBabyFinalsGutsThe End Of The DayPlaywright Author:Stephen Karam
“I had to learn quick, because I was performing in Cinco de Mayo festivals with babies crying and people lifting their beers, and you know the feather dancers would come, and they'd say, "What are you, a poet? You're next".” PeopleKnowsNextCryPoetBabyBeerPerformingDancerFeathersFestivalsLiftingCinco De Mayo Author:Sandra Cisneros