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The Magical Moment in Which You Realize that You Are, or Will Be a Writer

Anita Mathias — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:44:00 +0000

The Magical Moment in Which You Realize that You Are, or Will Be a Writer Anne Sexton said she realized that she was a poet (I suppose she meant that she had the capacity to be a poet) while watching John Berryman read on TV. It really a magical moment, the sort of moment in […]

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How do you know if you should become a writer: Rainer Maria Rilke

Anita Mathias — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:27:00 +0000

In this famous passage, German poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, asks a young poet whether he has to write. “You ask whether your verses are any good. You ask me. You have asked others before this. You send them to magazines. You compare them with other poems, and you are upset when certain editors reject your […]

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