"[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"
"AOC. What's that?"
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Two guys, one covered in tatts, talked loudly next to the tourist vans they
drive, while their tourists were at the temple. Something about taxes, then
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