I think it is extremely interesting to think that, in some cases, vice might be, finally, more redemptive than virtue. — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
I do think most poets are in denial about what the real taboos in writing are--the real boundaries. — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
I remember when I was writing my memoir and I was worried about what other people would think when they read it,… — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
The ghosts of Rilke and Wordsworth--along with the 300+ MFA programs, which now seem to employ all Living Poets--have misled the American… — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
To think of the myriad ways that we live is to think of the ways that we die: Delinquent in our brains,… — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
Today, from the bridge, the East River is sparkling. The money is swirling around the tall buildings like tides or like tithes, And I… — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
I'm more interested in the writing than in the content per se (good writing can be about wallpaper and I'll devour it). — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
I think it is extremely interesting to think that, in some cases, vice might be, finally, more redemptive than virtue. — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
I do think most poets are in denial about what the real taboos in writing are--the real boundaries. — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
What separates the professionally successful ... from all the rest is their ability to stay steady, to have stamina. It is one thing to… — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
The sum of the parts equals less than the whole. Or the howl. Or the how. Or the hole. — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
It should be everyone's right in a capitalist system to have some way to take advantage of compound interest. — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
I do not play the instrument In longing but in quest Not to be undertaken Not to be lost In a forest of bliss. — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
There is, in the heart, the hard-rendering profit. As if we were plucking the leaves from the trees. — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
I remember when I was writing my memoir and I was worried about what other people would think when they read it, and my… — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
When I moved to New York, the reputation just followed me, and I am regularly invited to play in home games, by writers in… — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
It is bizarre that some people can't understand how a serious poet could work at a finance firm. Goethe was a bureaucrat. Eliot worked… — Katy Lederer Copy Share Image
