John Koethe Interview
"I think the abstract, discursive rhetoric of philosophy has influenced the way I write poetry. I know that lots of people associated with poetry hate that kind of language and think poets should...
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I don't know Koethe's work, but I certainly agree with the quotation here. To me, philosophy is all about developing an understanding of, or at least an explanation for, things and thought. I view...
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I'm at work and haven't been able to read the interview yet, but loved the quote. I don't think WCW's dictum is antithetical to the abstract, either. I agree re Stevens over Eliot!
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Last spring I read North Point North and found it peculiar how many of the poems swept up me up and carried me along. It say this for a couple reasons. First, I do not like longer poems and many are...
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Thanks, Steve. Very interesting to me. I basically like shorter poems, too, so I'm intrigued. Plan to read this essay and some of Koethe's work -- maybe over the weekend -- though am finishing up a...
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