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>James Dickey
>had a good line that went somthing like: The poet's job isn't
>to tell the truth; the poet must make the truth. That being
>said, some poets, particularly those who lean naturally toward
>autobiographical telling, often resist this notion.

How is that so?  Autobiography would seem by its very nature to mitigate
against Truth.  Memory being what it is.

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