best understood in isolation
10th July 2016 | for Creatives | reading, writing, poetry, solitude of creating, reaching your audience, writer-reader relationship, Dean Young |
"Readings are social events. I think poetry is written in isolation and is best understood in isolation. I want readers; I don't want listeners."
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