The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times.
Robert Morgan Quotes
Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.
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| Birth: | 1944 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Poet, Writer |
About
Robert Morgan studied at North Carolina State University as an engineering and mathematics major, transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an English major, graduating in 1965, and completed an MFA degree at the University of North Carolina Greensboro in 1968. He teaches at Cornell University beginning in 1971.
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