The Hatred of PoetryBen Lerner The novelist and poet Ben Lerner argues that our hatred of poetry is ultimately a sign of its nagging relevance. No art has been denounced as often as poetry. Its even bemoaned by poets: "I, too, dislike it," wrote Marianne Moore. "Many more people agree they hate poetry," Ben Lerner writes, "than can agree what poetry is. I, too, dislike it and have largely organized my life around it and do not experience that as a contradiction because

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Burgers proberen hun eigen bestaan uit de klauwen van hun identiteit te wringen

with so much thought inside

Want: poëzie is onmisbaar

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he could never bring himself to complete it

Ik zeg niet dat ik Pools ben

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is part experimental confession

suggests a change in direction due to a mistaken or unexpected turn