The most exciting thing is to read a poem out loud for the first time. There's a whole kind of inside thing bursting out, and I'm always dying to hear it. I do hear it in my head, but I never read it out loud to myself until I'm in front of people.


The Paris Review, Issue 214, Fall 2015, The Art of Poetry No. 99

Eileen Myles Quotes

The most exciting thing is to read a poem out loud for the first time. There's a whole kind of inside thing bursting out, and I'm always dying to...

The most exciting thing is to read a poem out loud for the first time. There's a whole kind of inside thing bursting out, and I'm always dying to...

The most exciting thing is to read a poem out loud for the first time. There's a whole kind of inside thing bursting out, and I'm always dying to...

The most exciting thing is to read a poem out loud for the first time. There's a whole kind of inside thing bursting out, and I'm always dying to...