Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care; that's what poetry is supposed to do.
Diane WakoskiHigh and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.
Diane WakoskiBut I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.
Diane WakoskiI think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting away from conventional ideas of beauty, because those ideas contain a certain attitude toward women, certain attitudes toward sex, certain attitudes toward race, etc.
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