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DUMAS de Demain Vol. 1

The French Literary Magazine

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Entrevue<br />

In terms of how this masterpiece<br />

relates to what I write now, I’m going<br />

to call on Stendhal and hope that it<br />

doesn’t:<br />

« Je n’ai aucune foi dans l’esprit <strong>de</strong>s<br />

enfants annonçant un homme<br />

supérieur. Dans un genre moins sujet<br />

à illusions, car enfin les monuments<br />

restent, tous les mauvais peintres que<br />

j’ai connus ont fait <strong>de</strong>s choses<br />

étonnantes vers huit à dix ans et<br />

annonçant le génie. Hélas ! rien<br />

n’annonce le génie, peut-être<br />

l’opioniâtreté serait un signe. » (Vie<br />

<strong>de</strong> Henry Brulard)<br />

3. Has your i<strong>de</strong>a of what poetry is<br />

changed since you began writing poems?<br />

One thing that’s remained<br />

unwavering is my total disdain for<br />

Bukowski. What a fraud.<br />

4. Is there anything you find particularly<br />

challenging when writing poetry?<br />

Not stopping in the middle with the<br />

intention of “coming back to it later.”<br />

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