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  1. Does he ask if poetry hits you in the heart or the ear? I think he does. And if so–that is the question, crazy dude. That is the question.

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    Posted By: Greg on October 2, 2009 at 10:08 am

  2. And here is the answer I am inclined to.

    “I don’t wish to touch hearts. I don’t even
    want to affect minds very much. What I really want to produce is that little sob in the spine of the artist-reader.” Nabokov.

    Terreson

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    Posted By: Terreson on October 4, 2009 at 12:13 pm

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