What luxury, to be so happy that we can grieve over imaginary lives.
Memory and poetry go together, absolutely. It is a matter of preserving and of remembering things. - Lisel Mueller
Memory and poetry go together, absolutely. It is a matter of preserving and of remembering things.
- 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
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…
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…
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.
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 …
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…
What luxury, to be so happy that we can grieve over imaginary lives. - 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…
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.
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