I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the world.
“The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo used for food, other things being equal, is the best measure of the material standard of living of a population.”
“Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it.”