Tag: Gary Soto
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* nosing with quevedo & williams
One of the more exciting moments in reading is coming across texts that show a writer’s own reading creeping into their writing. In my own work, I can think of an orange I inadvertantly stole from a Gary Soto poem as well as a prayer reformulated from an Ernest Hemingway short story. These are […]
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* four years of the influence
This week marks the four year anniversary of The Friday Influence. So, as is customary: Yay! Sharing poems here continues to be a source of delight and honesty. I say honesty because putting into words some of the journey in understanding a poem, of considering and living with a poem, requires reflection and persistence. Poems […]