What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open. - Muriel Rukeyser

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We hear the saints saying: Our brother the world. We hear the revolutionaries: Dare we win?

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The Life of Poetry · September 1, 1996 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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No one wants to read poetry. You have to make it impossible for them to put the poem down — impossible for them to stop reading it, word after word. You have to keep them from closing the book.

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"It is growing worse every day. At night
"I get up to catch my breath. If I remained
"flat on my back I believe I would die."

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The Book of the Dead · 1933 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

illness breath

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