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Nature poets can't walk across the backyard without tripping over an epiphany.
Christian Wiman
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Christian Wiman
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 1
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I'm drawn to this range, that's for sure, but I suppose the thing that most appeals to me about Mandelstam is the sense you get from every poem that everything - the poet's very soul - is at stake.
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