Dorianne Laux Quotes About Books

• And I saw it didn't matter who had loved me or who I loved. I was alone. The black oily asphalt, the slick beauty of the Iranian attendant, the thickening clouds--nothing was mine. And I understood finally, after a semester of philosophy, a thousand books of poetry, after death and childbirth and the startled cries of men who called out my name as they entered me, I finally believed I was alone, felt it in my actual, visceral heart, heard it echo like a thin bell.

  Dorianne Laux

  Philosophy, Book, Heart

  Dorianne Laux (1994). “What we carry: poems”, BOA Editions Ltd.

• I share my life experiences as a poet with my students. My poetic difficulties, joys, struggles and discoveries. If I read a new poem or essay or book I'm excited about, I bring it in.

  Dorianne Laux

  Struggle, Book, Discovery

• Joseph [Millar] is much more disciplined than I am. He's up every morning meditating, then he writes, and he reads throughout the day. He probably reads ten books to my two and writes twice as much as I do.

  Dorianne Laux

  Mañana, Libro, Escritura

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