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Of the individual poems, some are more lyric and some are more descriptive or narrative. Each poem is fixed in a moment. All those moments written or read together take on the movement and architecture of a narrative.
Marilyn Hacker

Biography

Author Profession: Poet
Nationality: American
Born: November 27, 1942

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Everyone thinks they're going to write one book of poems or one novel.
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I worked at all kinds of jobs, mostly commercial editing.
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I think there is something about coming to a city to work that puts you in touch with it in a different way.
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Community means people spending time together here, and I don't think there's really that.
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Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.
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I've been an inveterate reader of literary magazines since I was a teenager. There are always discoveries. You're sitting in your easy chair, reading; you realize you've read a story or a group of poems four times, and you know, Yes, I want to go farther with this writer.
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I'm addicted to email, but other than that, there are practical things - being able to buy a book on the internet that you can't find in your local bookshop. This could be a lifeline if you live further from the sources.
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Architecture, Descriptive, Each, Fixed, Individual, Lyric, Moment, More, Movement, Narrative, Poem, Read, Some, Take, Those, Together, Written