John Hollander: Quotes about reading

John Hollander was American poet. Explore interesting quotes on reading.
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“Very few writers of verse can read their work to keep their listeners aware of the beauty of sense, that sense of beauty from the powerful, delicate ways in which sense is made by poetry.”

John Hollander

'Poetry' September 1995

Beauty , Way , Sense , Reading

“A teacher (of poetry) has to know and feel what poetry is, and be able - and this is crucial- to read it aloud effectively.”

John Hollander

'A Conversation with John Hollander' (by email) by Paul Devlin vol 1 St. John's University Humanities Review April 2003

Feeling , Teachers , Reading

“I revise very little. I always write in long hand and revise when I type. I test them out when I read them aloud.”

John Hollander
Reading

“The more you understand a poem and its complexities and depth, the more you will be able to do when reading it aloud.”

John Hollander
Understanding , Reading

“Reading a poem aloud by someone who understands it, can be a crucial experience, but better yet is reading it aloud oneself.”

John Hollander
Understanding , Reading

“Central also to reading verse aloud is the handling of enjambment,.. the interplay of line-end and sentence-flow.”

John Hollander
Reading