I 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.
Diane WakoskiI'm passing on a tradition of which I am part. There's a long line of poets who went before me, and I'm another one, and I'm hoping to pass that on to other younger, or newer, poets than myself.
Diane WakoskiI definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.
Diane WakoskiBut I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way.
Diane Wakoski