American literature Quote by Nick Laird

I don't write poetry for the New Yorker. My poems appear in the Nation, mostly.

— Kevin Sessums

I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the…

— Mark Strand

Poetry at large in America is naturally a reflection of the American system and culture. That's my possibly narrow view of it, or reductive…

— Fady Joudah

American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.

— David Biespiel

I have always loved American poetry, which is very different from Irish poetry.

— Eavan Boland

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

— Norman MacCaig

I don't think American poetry has gotten any better in the past 35 years. Oddly enough, creative writing programs seem to have been good…

— Robert Morgan

Most Americans do not like poetry. We may respect it, but we do not enjoy it.

— Gilbert Highet

Twentieth-century American poetry has been one of the glories of modern literature.

— Helen Vendler

Americans have been tremendously fortunate in poetry, regarding both the quantity and quality of poetry produced. Unfortunately, it remains in schools and universities; it…

— Joseph Brodsky

American poetry is this country's greatest patrimony. It takes a stranger to see some things clearly. This is one of them, and I am…

— Joseph Brodsky

American poetry has been part of a culture in conflict....We are a people tending toward democracy at the level of hope; at another level,…

— Muriel Rukeyser