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Samir de Leon
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Mostly just learning how to read and write
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What a gem from Ben Lerner
A quote from Ben Lerner's book "The Hatred of Poetry" that delineates between the categories of poets and critics he discusses throughout the book. A central theme in this work is the tension between actual poetry i.e., the words that appear on the page as a poem, and the ideal poetry, which he refers to as the "virtual" poem. This quote captures the relationship of actuality and virtuality from multiple historically-situated perspectives.
July 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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My personal gold standard for contemporary short fiction
An image of the front cover of “Collected Stories of Lydia Davis.”
July 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM