Back when I was in college, people used to talk about the alienation of the artist, not ever quite fitting in any place.
- Marilyn Nelson
College, Artist, About, Alienation
One of my graduate school professors, to whom I started sending poems when I started writing again after a 10-year hiatus, suggested I prepare a book manuscript which he could send to publishers for me.
- Marilyn Nelson
Book, School, Prepare, Sending
Many performance poets seem to believe that yelling a poem makes it comprehensible. They are wrong.
- Marilyn Nelson
Performance, Poem, Yelling, Comprehensible
For much of my life - my sister and I have talked about this - when we moved, we just thought the world behind us disappeared, and all of the people, they just didn't exist any more.
- Marilyn Nelson
My Life, Thought, Behind, Disappeared
Writing in form is a way of developing your thinking - your thinking along with the tradition. In a way, it's not you alone, it's you in partnership.
- Marilyn Nelson
Alone, Partnership, Form, Tradition
After you kind of find your footing, sonnets are what comes easiest.
- Marilyn Nelson
Kind, Find, Easiest, Footing
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