A truly exciting poem has something evasive or mysterious at the core, and it succeeds in suggesting to us that the core is essential to our being.

Mark Strand

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Poetry

Speaker

Mark Strand

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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Canada

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Strand, Mark. "Untelling the Hour." Acts of Mind: Conversations with Contemporary Poets. University of Alabama Press, 1983. Originally an interview called "Untelling the Hour." Interviewed by Richard Jackson. The Poetry Miscellany, c. 1979.

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