Hello Jeff,
I've been quite moved by the poems of yours that I've read here, and I've listened to, and been moved by, your podcast as well. I look forward to reading your essay above after "dance recital madness" with my daughters ends tomorrow evening. The essay looks very informative, and it's a subject I have quite a bit of interest in. I know you're just getting started, and I don't want to be rude, but I am dismayed that all the poets targeted for discussion are, unless my brief research is wrong (and I hope to be corrected if it is) white men -- Mehigan, Larkin, Kees, Beddoes and Thomson. No doubt they are wonderful and have much to offer on the subject, but surely there must be some women writers and/or writers from other cultures who show equal compassion in their writing of quiet desperation. I don't believe white men have cornered the market on that. I hope to hear about, or at the very least have named, some women writers and writers from various cultures, races and ethnicities who fit the subject being addressed. I realize it's a big world and we can't all be experts in every aspect of it, but I do hope we continue trying. Certainly that's information I'm interested to know, and I doubt I'm alone.
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