What’s the difference between provincialism, which unthinki… - James Richardson

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What’s the difference between provincialism, which unthinkingly takes its situation for everyone’s, and cosmopolitanism, which is confident it has the right to?

James Richardson

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James Richardson (January 1 1950) is an American poet.

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