Реферат: Online Interviews With Robert Pinsky Essay Research

saved by a poem. Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that poem [after a newspaper article in 1830

proposed dismantling the ship], and it seemed like that was something one ought to do.

A few years ago, Rita Dove did a lot to help redefine what a Laureate "ought to

do." How do you think the role of the Laureate has changed?

I think it has changed in response to the change in the times. I think that there’s been a

notable upsurge of interest in poetry and the practice of poetry, and in response to that

change in the culture the office of Laureate in a typically American way has sort of

improvised itself into something somewhat different.

So what are you hoping will be your trademark or your legacy?

I have a project that I hope to complete, which is to create an audio and video archive of

many, many Americans saying aloud a poem that person loves. I hope to have a very wide

range of regional accents, a range of ages, professions, kinds of education, and it will

not concentrate on poets or critics or experts. The idea will be to establish a record at

the millenium of the life of poetry in the United States, outside of any professional

microcosm of poetry. This project will be sponsored by the Library of Congress, as part of

their bicentennial celebration, and I hope it will also be part of the country’s millenial

celebration.

from Meridian (Spring 1998). Online Source