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M. Robinson
Excellence - "The ancients are right:

There is something unique about the angle with which he touches life."
David Grossman

I learn a lot from the realistic writers. Their work requires a very close reading to translate, and I can see their secrets."
Haruki Murakami

“Or to be thought about, to be contemplated. Then you enjoy it, then it means something.”

a humble plight - so many valuables.

"...you don't feel the effort of the author, so that they shine and bubble and rise and fall, is very, very hard to do."

Wow wow wow!

“The pathos and liveliness of ordinary human communication is poetry to me”

John Ashbery well may be a gentleman.

Interview John Ashbery

"Were you attracted by the intimate, meditative voice of his work?"

Yes,

P. G. Wodehouse Interview

"Sex, of course, can be awfully funny, but you have to know how to handle it. And I don't think I can handle it properly.

Marianne Moore Interview

“If emotion is strong enough, the words are unambiguous.”

“If you have a genius of an editor, you are blessed:” …