One of my graduate school professors, to whom I started sending poems when I started writing again after a 10-year hiatus, suggested I prepare a book manuscript which he could send to publishers for me. Marilyn Nelson Read Quote
For much of my life – my sister and I have talked about this – when we moved, we just thought the world behind us disappeared, and all of the people, they just didn’t exist any more. Marilyn Nelson Read Quote
Writing in form is a way of developing your thinking – your thinking along with the tradition. In a way, it’s not you alone, it’s you in partnership. Marilyn Nelson Read Quote
Back when I was in college, people used to talk about the alienation of the artist, not ever quite fitting in any place. Marilyn Nelson Read Quote
Many performance poets seem to believe that yelling a poem makes it comprehensible. They are wrong. Marilyn Nelson Read Quote
