So, I've never been politically correct, even before that term was available to us, and I have really identified with other people who don't want to be read as just a black poet, or just a woman poet, or just… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
Learning to live what you're born with is the process, the involvement, the making of a life. — Diane Wakoski Copy Share
“Uneasy Rider" Falling in love with a mustache is like saying you can fall in love with the way a man polishes his shoes… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share
From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share
American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one's right to be different and often to break taboos. — Diane Wakoski Copy Share
Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share
American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet. — Diane Wakoski Copy Share
I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share
I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry. — Diane Wakoski Copy Share
So, I've never been politically correct, even before that term was available to us, and I have really identified with other people who don't… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share
What line breaks add to prose prosody is a connection between eye and ear which emphasizes the nature of the language by ... creating… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share
There are rituals not structures for being a poet, drinking too much, taking too many drugs, being a lady chaser, having your nervous breakdown,… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share
I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was. — Diane Wakoski Copy Share
Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care;… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share
