Alice Notley Interviewed

3am magazine:

That said, I think the stance that “only the poems matter” has quite a lot to be said for it. It makes demands on the audience perhaps – of attention and concentration — but it demands much more of the poems themselves. I tend to distrust poetry that comes ready-made with commentary or that overtly allies itself with a school of criticism or philosophy. To me that indicates a possible lack of talent, a distrust of poetry itself, and perhaps a careerist desire simply to be heard and noticed.

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via Colin Herd