The Paris Review has a 'new' edition out, with interviews with Les Murray (and 2 poems) and Charles Simic. They offer a little snippet online, and I was particularly taken with this snip by Simic:
> A "truth" detached and puri?ed of pleasures of ordinary life is not worth a damn in my view. Every grand theory and noble sentiment ought to be ?rst tested in the kitchen-and then in bed, of course. <
A good sentiment which I support. I often read my favourite poets or a literary theory text whilst stirring the stir-fry or burning the steak ... As for bed, well if he really means sexual pleasures, then reading texts, etc, is off the menu for me - but music is an added pleasure then too. A Coltrane truth with climax is always a good extension, giving a synergistic dimension to both pleasures.
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Cheers -
Andrew
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