Carolina Quotes
It’s the most natural, the most elevated, and the most fun — poetry is always attractive. Everybody is immersed in poetry, whether they know it or not.
Fred Chappell Carolinian
Source
"I am one of you forever: A conversation with Fred Chappell," interview with Garret K. Woodward, The Smoky Mountain News, November 8, 2022
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“It’s the most natural, the most elevated, and the most fun —…” Fred Chappell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-E896486910. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/e896486910
More from Fred Chappell
Well, the craft of writing depends upon the same thing as a craft of teaching — just shut up and listen.
It’s taught me that I didn’t deserve what happened to me — I was too lucky for my own good.
But, what you focus on as a writer is the moment-to-moment, the specifics of every possible moment and you try to observe as much as you can — before it’s gone and before you’re gone.