Anybody in the next centuries wanting to know what it was like to be a poet in the middle of the 20th century should read Kaddish.
“I think I work harder on the pitch, I cover more ground and my passing is more accurate.”
“I'd studied 16th century science and magic. I thought it was strange that people were interested in the same kinds of things my research was about. The more I thought about it, the more intriguing it became and pretty soon I was writing a novel about a reluctant witch and a 1500-year-old vampire.”