Diane Wakoski Quotes About American Poetry
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From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into good American poetry, whether the poet is aware of what he is doing or not.
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High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.
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American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one's right to be different and often to break taboos.
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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 gender and race or ethnic origins.
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I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.
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American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.
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