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We're talking about the struggle to drag a thought over from the mush of the unconscious into some kind of grammar, syntax, human sense; every attempt means starting over with language. starting over with accuracy.

~Anne Carson

Topics: About Accuracy Attempt Drag Every Grammar Human Kind Language Means Mush Over Sense Some Starting Starting Over Struggle Syntax Talking Thought Unconscious

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I do think I have an ability to record sensual and emotional facts and factoids, to construct a convincing surface of what life feels like, both physical life and emotional life.

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Topics: Ability Both Construct Convincing Emotional Emotional Life Facts Feels Life Like Physical Record Sensual Surface Think

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We participate in the creation of the world by decreating ourselves.

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Topics: Creation Ourselves Participate World

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I don't know that we really think any thoughts; we think connections between thoughts. That's where the mind moves, that's what's new, and the thoughts themselves have probably been there in my head or lots of other people's heads for a long time.

~Anne Carson

Topics: Any Been Between Connections Head Heads Know Long Long Time Lots Mind Moves New Other People Really Themselves Think Thoughts Time Where

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I don't read reviews and I don't know what to do with opinions, so I just lose them. They take up space, they become a process of manufacturing a persona, which I want to avoid.

~Anne Carson

Topics: Avoid Become Just Know Lose Manufacturing Opinions Persona Process Read Reviews Space Take Them Up Want Which

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I am kind of a curmudgeonly person, so I don't gravitate to groups or traditions, which is probably just pretentious of me.

~Anne Carson

Topics: Am Gravitate Groups Just Kind Me Person Pretentious Traditions Which I Am

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There is something about the way that Greek poets, say Aeschylus, use metaphor that really attracts me. I don't think I can imitate it, but there's a density to it that I think I'm always trying to push towards in English.

~Anne Carson

Topics: About Always Attracts Density English Greek Imitate Me Metaphor Poets Push Really Say Something Think Towards Trying Use Way I Think I Can

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I mean, every thought starts over, so every expression of a thought has to do the same. every accuracy has to be invented... I feel I am blundering in concepts too fine for me.

~Anne Carson

Topics: Accuracy Am Concepts Every Expression Feel Fine Invented Me Mean Over Same Starts Thought Too I Am I Feel

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When I began to be published, people got the idea that I should 'teach writing,' which I have no idea how to do and don't really believe in.

~Anne Carson

Topics: Began Believe Got How Idea No Idea People Published Really Should Teach Which Writing

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There are different gradations of personhood in different poems. Some of them seem far away from me and some up close, and the up-close ones generally don't say what I want them to say. And that's true of the persona in the poem who's lamenting this as a fact of a certain stage of life. But it's also true of me as me.

~Anne Carson

Topics: Also Away Certain Close Different Fact Far Far Away Generally Life Me Persona Poem Poems Say Seem Some Stage Them True Up Want

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Poet

Born: June 21st, 1950

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