Eugene McCarthy Quote

There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.


Complexities and Contraries: Essays of Mild Discontent (ed. Harcourt, 1982)


There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.

There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.

There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.

There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.