I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.
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And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping.
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People haven't got the interest in long long works these days. A lack of interest which I share.
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I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a bibliophile in that word's natural sense.
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Well, I'm a light traveller. I chuck things away.
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And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.
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