So for many many many years I've been writing a novel about upstate New York. Some of you know that. It's not easy for a thousand reasons that don't have much to do with sentences. I want to capture what I love, and it's THE PEOPLE and the chance to talk and listen and it's often what they say. Yesterday I wondered if the whole novel could be done in the What They Said manner. (That's probably even LESS commercial than my current notion of people and poems as evocation.) One of the recurring characters is IRENE, a postmistress. There aren't many people in town and not many letters either. She is 84. She has lived a lot. We all listen.
Irene at the Post Office
Irene at the Post Office
Irene at the Post Office
So for many many many years I've been writing a novel about upstate New York. Some of you know that. It's not easy for a thousand reasons that don't have much to do with sentences. I want to capture what I love, and it's THE PEOPLE and the chance to talk and listen and it's often what they say. Yesterday I wondered if the whole novel could be done in the What They Said manner. (That's probably even LESS commercial than my current notion of people and poems as evocation.) One of the recurring characters is IRENE, a postmistress. There aren't many people in town and not many letters either. She is 84. She has lived a lot. We all listen.