But he doesn't see that as spelling the doom of literature. Instead, he thinks people need poetry now more than ever. Well, I guess that's my feeling about it. As Joseph Campbell says, some people know they're hungry and searching, and some don't. When I see my students catching fire with Jimmy Santiago Baca, Neruda, Octavio Paz, and writing poetry in response to it, I realize how important it is.
Poetry is an expression of the deepest emotional climate.
Young praises TMR for its breadth and its power to unite readers and writers. They get to see that their work is complementary. As The Montserrat Review , which takes its title from a monastery outside Barcelona, rounds the last turn of production and gears up for a first run of 1,500 copies, Lowe finds herself awash in anticipation. I want to count its fingers and toes and be sure it has a healthy glow. It appears that she has little to worry about.