Colm Toibin on Poet Elizabeth Bishop
May 10, 2015
http://www.ttbook.org/book/colm-toibin-poet-elizabeth-bishop-1
The celebrated Irish novelist Colm Toibin talks about his admiration for the poet Elizabeth Bishop and the kinship he feels for her.
01:45 confessional, autobiographical poems
02:46 her poems are canonical
4:34 people are very careful about what they say
people hint at things rather than declare them
language of restraint … everything is understated
07:40 we live in an age where you’re meant to–even with the most casual acquaintance–sit down and tell them all about how you’re feeling this week
08:10 somehow speech is not accurate enough, language is not clear enough
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