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Jericho Brown Writes What’s On His Mind

amjwms — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:05:38 +0000

"I think we've been telling our students so long, 'Write what you know. Write your lived experience,' and I think our students have this idea that that means write about the time A, B, and C happened to me, but that's not really it. It's more, write what you can't stop thinking about. Write what’s on your mind."

Creating the Chorus: Joshua Kryah and the Question of Faith

editor — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:07:00 +0000

"…the poem that is crafted as well as it can be crafted sometimes winds up just 'saying' something; it's saying this about language, or it's saying this about faith, or it's saying this about the Beloved, or the condition of love. Whereas right now what I want to do is speak. I want, not to pronounce, but to let the poems go further than they usually have, or that I've allowed them to go."

Artistic Fundamentals: Gabriel Judet-Weinshel

editor — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:36:43 +0000

"… any time somebody’s taste expands I think it’s because something touches them in that new thing that they’re drawn to, something that’s accessible immediately. If there’s nothing accessible immediately I don’t think you can gravitate towards something, but if there’s something immediately accessible or something that touches you, then that creates the spark that makes you want to stretch.”