Memory and poetry go together, absolutely. It is a matter of preserving and of remembering things.
I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed all the old val… - Lisel Mueller
I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed all the old val…
- Lisel Mueller
When I was in college, I did do some writing of poetry, somewhat inspired, I think at that time, by Carl Sandburg, because English was still relative… - Lisel Mueller
When I was in college, I did do some writing of poetry, somewhat inspired, I think at that time, by Carl Sandburg, because English was still relative…
Memory and poetry go together, absolutely. It is a matter of preserving and of remembering things. - Lisel Mueller
Poetry, for me, is the answer to, 'How does one stay sane when private lives are being ransacked by public events?' It's something that hangs over yo… - Lisel Mueller
Poetry, for me, is the answer to, 'How does one stay sane when private lives are being ransacked by public events?' It's something that hangs over yo…
When I am asked how I began writing poems, I talk about the indifference of nature. - Lisel Mueller
When I am asked how I began writing poems, I talk about the indifference of nature.
Everything is autobiography, even if one writes something that is totally objective. The fact that it's a subject that seizes you makes it autobiogra… - Lisel Mueller
Everything is autobiography, even if one writes something that is totally objective. The fact that it's a subject that seizes you makes it autobiogra…
I want to celebrate these elms which have been spared by the plague, these survivors of a once flourishing tribe commemorated by all the Elm Streets … - Lisel Mueller
I want to celebrate these elms which have been spared by the plague, these survivors of a once flourishing tribe commemorated by all the Elm Streets …
Well, language seems to be something that obsesses me. I'm always writing about it. - Lisel Mueller
Well, language seems to be something that obsesses me. I'm always writing about it.
What luxury, to be so happy that we can grieve over imaginary lives. - Lisel Mueller
What luxury, to be so happy that we can grieve over imaginary lives.
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