I was just thinking about how my grandparents, who raised me, would be considered "white trash," whatever that means - mostly for being racists, I'd say. And how, as a child, I wanted to be like them, and identified with them culturally.
People get anxious about dividing sorts of poetry, say Confessionalism from political poetry. But Confessionalism is very much an expression of racia… - Shane Mccrae
People get anxious about dividing sorts of poetry, say Confessionalism from political poetry. But Confessionalism is very much an expression of racia…
- Shane Mccrae
I believe rhythmic sensibility is always a product and extension of language, defined broadly, among other things. But it is an immediate product and… - Shane Mccrae
I believe rhythmic sensibility is always a product and extension of language, defined broadly, among other things. But it is an immediate product and…
I think that the casual reader and the lyric and confession are trickily tied up together. I mean often when I read my students' poems my first impul… - Shane Mccrae
I think that the casual reader and the lyric and confession are trickily tied up together. I mean often when I read my students' poems my first impul…
That's a fairly Wordsworthian way to look at things! But yeah, actually - part of the poet's work, I think, is to maintain or reintroduce the imagina… - Shane Mccrae
That's a fairly Wordsworthian way to look at things! But yeah, actually - part of the poet's work, I think, is to maintain or reintroduce the imagina…
I learned to write with my desk in the living room, next to the TV. But mostly in my head, and I try to be able to do it under any circumstances. - Shane Mccrae
I learned to write with my desk in the living room, next to the TV. But mostly in my head, and I try to be able to do it under any circumstances.
Confessionalism relates to writers of color. I think confessional poetry is in its way very Catholic, capital C. One of the formative ideas of Confes… - Shane Mccrae
Confessionalism relates to writers of color. I think confessional poetry is in its way very Catholic, capital C. One of the formative ideas of Confes…
I just can't write and listen to music at the same time. - Shane Mccrae
I just can't write and listen to music at the same time.
I like having a phrase lying around to get poems started. It's like having a key. - Shane Mccrae
I like having a phrase lying around to get poems started. It's like having a key.
I do try to incorporate particular rhythmic and generally sonic motifs I discover in music as such, and if one thinks of language in a narrow sense, … - Shane Mccrae
I do try to incorporate particular rhythmic and generally sonic motifs I discover in music as such, and if one thinks of language in a narrow sense, …
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