When my work does speak to audiences, when it creates audiences around it, I feel a little less crazy because what that means is that there are folks out there who are interested in thinking about themselves and the world through a prism. The prism is a labor and there can be a pleasure in labor.
Can poetry be a form of social change? I don't know the answer to that. I do think art can have a social impact even if it may be difficult to see th… - Dawn Lundy Martin
Can poetry be a form of social change? I don't know the answer to that. I do think art can have a social impact even if it may be difficult to see th…
- Dawn Lundy Martin
I often feel trapped. I often feel like I'm trying to escape some trap, be it a way of thinking, a compulsion, or a way of life. I believe this persi… - Dawn Lundy Martin
I often feel trapped. I often feel like I'm trying to escape some trap, be it a way of thinking, a compulsion, or a way of life. I believe this persi…
My goals as an artist have nothing to do with speaking to an audience. I love to have a good time, but when it comes to poetry I'm not really interes… - Dawn Lundy Martin
My goals as an artist have nothing to do with speaking to an audience. I love to have a good time, but when it comes to poetry I'm not really interes…
When my work does speak to audiences, when it creates audiences around it, I feel a little less crazy because what that means is that there are folks… - Dawn Lundy Martin
When my work does speak to audiences, when it creates audiences around it, I feel a little less crazy because what that means is that there are folks…
I reach readers rather unintentionally, I think, and those readers likely connect with the slant, the off-kilter, the part of the road you can barely… - Dawn Lundy Martin
I reach readers rather unintentionally, I think, and those readers likely connect with the slant, the off-kilter, the part of the road you can barely…
When I am writing poetry, I try to make my mind go a little lazy, to not think too much, as a way of opening up the part of the brain that makes poem… - Dawn Lundy Martin
When I am writing poetry, I try to make my mind go a little lazy, to not think too much, as a way of opening up the part of the brain that makes poem…
For me, a lot of Discipline was very personal writing, like writing through and working out being inside this gendered body and also the compulsions … - Dawn Lundy Martin
For me, a lot of Discipline was very personal writing, like writing through and working out being inside this gendered body and also the compulsions …
I'm interested is the oblique as a concept deeply connected to human lived experience, not separate from it. I was listening to an interview with fil… - Dawn Lundy Martin
I'm interested is the oblique as a concept deeply connected to human lived experience, not separate from it. I was listening to an interview with fil…
I've long been a fan of Adrian Piper's work. I find her performance pieces moving in their willingness to lean toward the absurd. Yet, there's a soci… - Dawn Lundy Martin
I've long been a fan of Adrian Piper's work. I find her performance pieces moving in their willingness to lean toward the absurd. Yet, there's a soci…
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