I Am Here and Not Not-There |
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| Author:
| Avison, Margaret |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88984-315-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2009 |
| Publisher: | Porcupine's Quill, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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This question was put by a registrant: `What makes a poet's language distinctive?' We all fell silent, trying to pin it down, then tried to answer. Not just affection for words, which is common to all good writers; not necessarily a matter of cadence, formal structures, rhythm. The answer that came to me, forced out of minutes of dismissing options, was new to me too: `It is saying ``I am here and not not-there''.'
This question was put by a registrant: `What makes a poet's language distinctive?' We all fell silent, trying to pin it down, then tried to answer. Not just affection for words, which is common to all good writers; not necessarily a matter of cadence, formal structures, rhythm. The answer that came to me, forced out of minutes of dismissing options, was new to me too: `It is saying ``I am here and not not-there''.'