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 great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment when you are reading. I do not mean the book that is most instructive, but the book that feeds your spirit. And that depends on your age, your experience, your psychological and spiritual need.”
“The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.”