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Originally Posted by Philip Quinlan
As for James Wright...I feel as if I could draw a straight line between him, Merwin and Rose. Merwin and Wright, of course, had very similar beginnings...Princeton, Young Poets Award etc etc. Not sure where Rose's wellspring is?
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Philip,
Merwin comes from a much more privileged background than Wright, and Wright went to Kenyon College not Princeton. All those down and out in the Midwest poems by Wright wouldn’t have been possible by Merwin. Wright really did know down and out.
Andrew