Blur Quote by Dawn Lundy Martin

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

“[I wanted silence in the flowers, not to not say, but to not have the impulse of saying.]”

— Dawn Lundy Martin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I've long been a fan of Adrian Piper's work. I find her performance pieces moving in their willingness to lean toward the absurd. Yet,…

— Dawn Lundy Martin