Voice of the Day: Jeanette Winterson

By the Web Editors
Aug 31, 2012
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"A tough life needs a tough language – and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers – a language powerful enough to say how it is. It isn’t a hiding place. It is a finding place." - Jeanette Winterson from In Defense of Poetry + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

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