Asking poetry to fulfil a (merely) political function would… - Ariana Reines

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Asking poetry to fulfil a (merely) political function would be a mistake. This tends to lead us to poetry that, however cleverly or inventively, can do no better than denounce the apparently evil and/or praise the good. Worse, we get something that is very much in fashion right now: the fetishisation and weaponisation of our own pain.…

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Ariana Reines (born on October 24, 1982) is an American poet, playwright, performance artist, and translator.

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