When I am writing poetry, I try to make my mind go a little lazy, to not think too much, as a way of opening up the part of the brain that makes poems. If I'm successful in this part… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share Image
I often feel trapped. I often feel like I'm trying to escape some trap, be it a way of thinking, a compulsion, or a… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
“[I wanted silence in the flowers, not to not say, but to not have the impulse of saying.]” — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
I think the occupation of my poetry is akin to this desire to be many things at once - things that sometimes conflict. Regarding… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
I'm interested is the oblique as a concept deeply connected to human lived experience, not separate from it. I was listening to an interview… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
With my students I give them lots and lots of guided writing. Part of it is as simple as writing a lot but not… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
The precise laziness is akin to letting your eyes blur or glimpsing what's at the corners in peripheral vision. Or those moments when you… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
At the Third Wave Foundation, we were asking questions like, "How can we get more voters registered who support our issues?" or "How do… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
I once asked Myung Mi Kim where gender is located in her work, and she said simply, "it's everywhere," resisting the notion that gender… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
My goals as an artist have nothing to do with speaking to an audience. I love to have a good time, but when it… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
I reach readers rather unintentionally, I think, and those readers likely connect with the slant, the off-kilter, the part of the road you can… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
Can poetry be a form of social change? I don't know the answer to that. I do think art can have a social impact… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
When I am writing poetry, I try to make my mind go a little lazy, to not think too much, as a way of… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
I've long been a fan of Adrian Piper's work. I find her performance pieces moving in their willingness to lean toward the absurd. Yet,… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
When my work does speak to audiences, when it creates audiences around it, I feel a little less crazy because what that means is… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
For me, a lot of Discipline was very personal writing, like writing through and working out being inside this gendered body and also the… — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share
