“This summer, a lot of what I was teaching was against Bloom’s Anxiety of Influence , very broadly speaking, this anxiety of sounding too much like another poet, especially a firmly established poet, for fear of not sounding original. I… — Tony Leuzzi Copy Share Image
“Robert Frost didn’t like to explain his poems—and for good reason: to explain a poem is to suck the air from its lungs. This does not mean, however, that poets shouldn’t talk about their poetry, or that one shouldn’t ask questions about it. Rather, it suggests that any discussion of poetry should celebrate its ultimate ineffability and in so doing… — Tony Leuzzi Copy Share
“[I]f we could imagine a world without slavery and abolish that institution, then we can face the troubles we have now. . . .… — Tony Leuzzi Copy Share Image
“Writing is not always a priority. . . .I only write those things that are necessary for me to write. I love to write,… — Tony Leuzzi Copy Share Image
“ You have a poem called “Bad Theology.” What would you call a bad theology? I guess any theology that presumes to have God… — Tony Leuzzi Copy Share Image
“This summer, a lot of what I was teaching was against Bloom’s Anxiety of Influence , very broadly speaking, this anxiety of sounding too… — Tony Leuzzi Copy Share Image