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"If the soul of Roman Catholicism is to be found in partisan politics, then it's probably time to shutter up the chapel" (24).

— Dana Gioia The Catholic Writer Today (2013)

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To speak from a particular place and time is not provincialism but part of a writer’s identity.

Being a California Poet (1999)

Old empires always appeal to modern poets more than new ones.

In America, the term younger poet is applied with chivalric liberality. It can be used to describe anyone not yet collecting a Social Security pension.

Being so deeply rooted in one place and culture allows a genuine writer to experiment wildly with the material without ever losing touch with its essence.

The music that of common speech
but slanted so that each detail
sounds unexpected as a sharp
inserted in a simple scale.

The Gods of Winter (1991)

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Theodor Adorno The Authoritarian Personality (1950)

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