"[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"
Breaths of life
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O leans over, puts his forehead to Lilith's, says "I do the Ha with all of
my dogs. Breath." Went to swim meets this past weekend, so we talk dull
sport...
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