But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.
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I came in the back door, so to speak, because my highest degree is a Bachelor's degree, but I've taught at Michigan State University since 1976.Diane Wakoski
But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.
Diane Wakoski
American poets celebrate their bodies, very specifically, as Whitman did.
Diane Wakoski
High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.
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I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting away from conventional ideas of beauty, because those ideas contain a certain attitude toward women, certain attitudes toward sex, certain attitudes toward race, etc.
Diane Wakoski
So, I think that what we're always doing is redefining the possibilities of beauty, but, don't get me wrong, I think that all of art is about beauty.
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