Writing is a competitive struggle for imaginative survival.
Writers must intentionally "misread" their idols to create space for their own work. Harold Bloom - The Anxiety of Influence. A Theo...
"Strong" poets successfully misread their predecessors; "weak" poets merely imitate them. Writing is a competitive struggle for imaginative survival
Total originality is a myth; all poems are "inter-poems" written in response to others. Harold Bloom - The Anxiety of Influence. A Theo...
Influence is not a gift; it is a burden that threatens a writer's creative identity. 🛠️ The Six Revisionary Ratios