Robert Morgan
Robert Morgan
fiction language invisible
In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible.
philosophical language preoccupation
It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience.
facts language ancient
Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form, and that it's timeless, that it reaches back.
definitions attention language
Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.
writing language kind
The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end.
cancel playing worse
To cancel would be worse PR than playing it,
benefits drivers pay
While pay and benefits were important, they weren't real drivers of retention.
writing parent sensitive
Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing.
memorable problem poetry-is
If a poem is not memorable, there's probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable.
new-york cities long
I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.
discovery voice gestures
A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does.
break-through asian watches
A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising.
people labels use
Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.
writing southern narrative
Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems.