“Buddhist Barbie" In the 5th century B.C. an Indian philosopher Gautama teaches "All is emptiness" and "There is no self." In the… — Denise Duhamel Buddhism Copy Share Image
I still write what I need to write - but I can't deny that something has changed when I think about sending… — Denise Duhamel Changed Copy Share Image
In addition to writing in received forms, I have also had fun making up forms - Möbius strips and visual poems, particularly. — Denise Duhamel Form Copy Share Image
I began to think about the extent to which nude and semi-nude female bodies are commonplace in our present day culture and… — Denise Duhamel Affected Copy Share Image
The spoken word community was significant in making me want to write accessible and urgent poems. Bob Holman, in particular, was an… — Denise Duhamel Bob Copy Share Image
Over the years, I became more and more interested in the forms and techniques in which things could be said. — Denise Duhamel Form Copy Share Image
The "truth" is the poem itself. Just because someone writes a poem about a feeling she has does not mean that the… — Denise Duhamel Doe Copy Share Image
Jean Valentine and Jane Cooper were my professors at Sarah Lawrence College - and they were uncompromised in their art. They gave… — Denise Duhamel Art Copy Share Image
I had no idea, when I was writing early on, that my poems would be published or read by anyone, never mind… — Denise Duhamel Ideas Copy Share Image
Visual media is the dominant art form in our present day culture, whereas poetry is, at best, a proxy. Yet poetry and… — Denise Duhamel Art Copy Share Image
