"The poets (by which I mean all artists) are finally the only people who know the truth about us," James Baldwin wrote. Only poets." No matter how slant they may tell it, that truth tells us back to ourselves, helps us tell each other what it is like to be alive.
"The poets (by which I mean all artists) are finally the only people who know the truth about us," James Baldwin wrote.
Only poets." No matter how slant they may tell it, that truth tells us back to ourselves, helps us tell each other what it is like to be alive.
It is not easy work, for it demands a constant balancing act between passion and precision.
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"The poets (by which I mean all artists) are finally the only people who know the truth about us," James Baldwin wrote. Only poets." No matter how slant they may tell it, that truth tells us back to ourselves, helps us tell each other what it is like to be alive. It is not easy work, for it demands a constant balancing act between passion and precision.
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