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Louise says that complete, abundant honesty makes for poor art. Poems should work towards a bigger "truth" (i.e. revelation/illumination/meaning), but the accuracy of individual details isn't important. (In fact, too much self-insertion can come across as egotistical.) And remember, folks—"the speaker" is NOT synonymous with "the author."
— Dec 30, 2021 09:00PM
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Abby Hanson
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Louise says poems that tell us everything are boring, that they need "white space" or the "telling omission." Unfortunately, she uses George Oppen to try to make this point
— Dec 29, 2021 10:34PM
Abby Hanson
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Louise says we NEED to stop calling poets "courageous" or "brave" simply for WRITING POETRY and I AGREE
— Dec 27, 2021 06:47PM
