For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand how people could fail to be moved by art.
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The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives. It means a lot of things to different people. I think we're redefining it now.Rita Dove
If we're going to solve the problems of the world, we have to learn how to talk to one another. Poetry is the language at its essence. It's the bones and the skeleton of the language. It teaches you, if nothing else, how to choose your words.
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For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.
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She took a group of us to see a living author, just a book signing. But that's really all it took to get me started on realizing my dream.
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I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.
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The joy of working at something to find out what it means to me is what I grew up with.
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