The selective memory isn’t selective enough.
“The selective memory isn’t selective enough.” Blake Morrison
Editing might be a bloody trade. But knives aren’t the exclusive property of butchers. Surgeons use them too.
“Editing might be a bloody trade. But knives aren’t the exclusive property of butchers. Surgeons use them too.” Blake Morrison
A hope of something beyond our place and time. This is what books – the best books – give us: a lifeline, a reason to believe, a way to breathe more freely.
“A hope of something beyond our place and time. This is what books – the best books – give us: a lifeline, a reason to … Read More
The selective memory isn’t selective enough.
“The selective memory isn’t selective enough.” Blake Morrison
At times of crisis or distress, it’s poems that people turn to. (Poetry) still has a power to speak to people’s feelings, maybe in a way that fiction, because it works in a longer way, can’t. There’s a little bit of your brain that mourns and grieves that you’re not writing poetry, but actually as long as I’m writing something, I’m happy.
“At times of crisis or distress, it’s poems that people turn to. (Poetry) still has a power to speak to people’s feelings, maybe in a … Read More