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To Be the Poet (The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in American Studies) To Be the Poet by Maxine Hong Kingston
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“Allen Ginsberg instructs: "First thought, best thought." Oh, to have my every spontaneous thought count as poetry! No draft after draft like a draft horse.

Clayton Eshleman, laughing, said, "'First thought best thought' is not 'First word best word ' Ginsberg does rewrite. I'm sure he does.”
Maxine Hong Kingston, To Be the Poet