"[Kenneth] Koch was on the attack; he cut down any sign of high seriousness or emotional vulnerability, in the person or the poem. . . . we were taught a certain skepticism towards sentimental poetic retreads. That was healthy. But I watched uneasily as he divided us into male poets and female sex objects who wrote poetry."
- Kathleen Fraser, "The Tradition of Marginality"
A gray day in the cemetery
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Uncle J has lost his bluster. Lilith and I stopped to say hello, get our
trilled "Lilith Walks!" out of him, a handshake, a pet, something. Perhaps
I shou...
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