Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.
Robert MorganIt was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience.
Robert MorganYoung writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start.
Robert MorganThe young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times.
Robert Morgan