Alchemy is the art of far and near, and I think poetry is alchemy in that way. It’s delightful to distort size, to see something that’s tiny as though it were vast. Robert Morgan Read Quote
The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin. They’re very short books of poems, and very carefully arranged. Robert Morgan Read Quote
Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners. Robert Morgan Read Quote
I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else. Robert Morgan Read Quote
