Tuesday, August 23, 2011

News at Eleven: What I'm trying to do with my work

in the UK, in all my work, is to write in a way that's political, but isn't aiming for absolutely legibility. Poetry can't be a slogan or a pamphlet, but it also can't be divorced from politics. I'm trying to write in search of that link between poetry and politics, but without losing the legacy of experimental writers of the avant-gardes.

Being in the UK, and being here at a university, raises questions about the visibility of poetry.

from The Guardian: Cristian Aliaga: searching for stories from society's submerged

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