ted kooser
Have you ever been to London? Paris?
No. No. I like to be moving on the ground on my own schedule, looking at what's around me. Being in a plane is like being pushed from one place to another through a tight metal tube.
As poet laureate, don't you think you should be better acquainted with European poetry?
Think of all the European poetry I could have read if we hadn't spent all this time on this interview.
NYT Magazine: Questions for Ted Kooser, recently named poet laureate of the United States.
Comments
Why just European poetry?
Posted by: zagg | September 14, 2004 2:34 PM
Wow, what a rude interview. I suppose that validates Deborah Soloman, somehow. I think she should do a little reading and find out what the role of the U.S. Poet Laureate is supposed to be. It doesn't mean that they are voted the foremost expert on the worlds poetry and poets.
I'd also like to know what "sentimental" means and then, once its defined, I'd like to know what makes it such a horrible thing.
I've been reading Ted Kooser since his appointment was announced (I'm afraid I wasn't aware of him before) and I find his work delightful. But then, I've never been to London or Paris, so what do I know.
Posted by: Cheekygeek | October 4, 2004 11:32 PM