I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. My family was not nationally known as being a literary family, though my mother and my mother's side of the family in general were interested in literature.
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I love painting and music, of course. I don't know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I've certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didn't read it until I was in my late 20s.Kenneth Koch
I certainly have the feeling that I'm the same person even though I've changed a great deal.
Kenneth Koch
I suppose that... it's really hard to tell... I mean, certainly the brightness, the dash, the excitement, the sort of self-confidence of the hand on the canvas-all that was exciting. It's hard to say how it influenced my poetry.
Kenneth Koch
I certainly think it's worth making an effort to write about certain important things, as I made an effort to write about the war.
Kenneth Koch
I'm a writer who likes to be influenced.
Kenneth Koch
I mean, there are excesses all over the place. People are always saying what are the different schools of American poetry.
Kenneth Koch
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