Adventure Quote by Richard Blanco

You really felt a radical shift in the advance of a poetics that had really been engendered by [Walt] Whitman. This was very exciting.…

— Anne Waldman

My body became aligned with my identity, and it was profound.

— Vivienne Ming

“My life and world was transformed by reading.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I felt that my views and philosophies had been changed overnight. The philosophies that i had gladly carved in stone, recited and danced upon.

— Cecelia Ahern

I felt a longing to compose a radical or root poem that would speak to what has its back turned to me.

— Robert Bly

“As we look back on the arc of our lives, we often discover that the most significant, meaningful changes came from unexpected, seemingly unremarkable,…

— Alan Lurie

Of everything with 'The Room' that came out of it, I feel like being able to write, and tap back into that passion, was…

— Greg Sestero

“Someone says 'inauguration' in my line of work, and you can just bet there'll be freaky shit. It's like quests. You get told to…

— Kate Griffin

As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless…

— Mary Oliver

I fell in love with social work, and that was my undoing as a poet.

— Carl Rakosi

“Wasn’t I proud of all we accomplished–the prestigious home in the Hudson Valley, the apartment in Manhattan, the eight phone lines, the friends and…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I was deeply moved by Richard Blanco's reading of his inaugural poem-a timely and elegant tribute to the great diversity of American experience. And…

— Natasha Trethewey