Sunday, August 14, 2011

Thought for the Day

Write beautifully what people don't want to hear.
~ Frederick Seidel

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Frederick Seidel (b. 1936), American Poet

Audio Recordings of Seidel Poems

Profile at Poets.org

George Ducker, "Poems: 1959-2009 by Frederick Seidel, Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2009 (Book Review)

Alex Halberstadt, "The Motorcycle Diarist", New York Books, December 2, 2006 (Review of Ooga-Booga)

Wyatt Mason, "Laureate of the Louche", The New York Times Magazine, April 8, 2009
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3 comments:

  1. S. EtoleAugust 14, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    He sounds like an intensely interesting man.

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  2. annell4August 14, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    Beautiful thought for the day!

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  3. AnonymousAugust 14, 2011 at 2:53 PM

    ah...a midwest boy that moved to the big apple.

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