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 with film director Stephen Frears on NPR the other day and he said, "People's lives are… — 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 Image
“[I wanted silence in the flowers, not to not say, but to not have the impulse of saying.]” — Dawn Lundy Martin Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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