[. . .] And as soon as a thing is said
it becomes true
if it is a poem
if it does not become true
it was not a poem
~ Alice Ostriker
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Quoted from Alice Ostriker, "Reading Dan Beachy-Quick, Wonderful Investigations" in Image, Fall 2018, No. 98, page 22
Alice Ostriker, Poet, Critic, and Activist; Winner, National Jewish Book Award
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