I find the idea that we write alone laughable, even egotistical. Poetry is a palimpsest that has been endlessly rewritten—it’s a social space we share with others.
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Jen Bervin
Larry Clark, Outtake from Teenage Lust, 1972.
Larry Clark, Untitled, Hollywood, California, 1984.
Originally published in
Christopher Durang, Duane Michals by David Seidner, Steve Erickson, and Mona Simpson.
I find the idea that we write alone laughable, even egotistical. Poetry is a palimpsest that has been endlessly rewritten—it’s a social space we share with others.
Jen Bervin