Great Regulars: I feel like I've had less attention for (poetry),

though I've had more attention than I deserve. Poetry was my first love.

Being able to take the language we do business with and make a work of art out of something that on a page might not be any bigger than my hand has always seemed like an exalted practice.

from Mary Karr: The Daily Tar Heel: Q&A with writer-in-residence Mary Karr

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