Fanny Howe

Poet

1940-10-15

Quotes by Fanny Howe

• Why does a heart wear its eyesinto helllike slivers of false sunshine

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• Why does a heart wear its eyesinto helllike slivers of false sunshine

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• I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.

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• In poetry, I have, since very young, loved poetry in translation. The Chinese, the French, the Russians, Italians, Indians and early Celts: the formality of the translator's voice, their measured breath and anxiety moves me as it lingers over the original.

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