Victoria Chang and Dean Rader on Three Debuts
"I think most people probably want their first books to be spectacularly received, but I think that can sometimes debilitate a poet, whereas a more quietly received first book, which is most books, can give a poet and a person freedom and space to grow at their own pace, out of the public eye and that can be a beautiful and quieter thing."
via LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS |
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What Sparks Poetry:
Rita Wong (Vancouver, BC, unceded Coast Salish territories) on Ecopoetry Now
"In the context of a colonized society that reduces freedom into superficial consumer choices or bluntly eliminates that freedom through systemic violence, writing can question unjust hierarchies and unthinking habits that need to be reconsidered. It can make space for the imagination to move swiftly as dragonflies at dusk, or as easily as otters floating affectionately together. It makes room for a world where every creature has a place, every life form matters." |
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