Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Great Regulars: Well, why not? A lyric poem delivers

its payload efficiently. It doesn’t require an extraordinary investment of time on the reader’s part. So you can figure out quickly whether you like something. More important, the lyric poem is the most powerful embodiment of the paradoxes of life and art. [--Meghan O'Rourke]

from Meghan O'Rourke interviewed by David Baker: A Conversation with Meghan O'Rourke

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