Randall Jarrell Quote

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.


As quoted in Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times (1993) by Laurence J. Peter, p. 391


I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.