Nancy Peters: Quotes about reading

Nancy Peters is American writer and publisher. Explore interesting quotes on reading.

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“Lawrence is usually the first poet kids read in schools that they really like. It's a real turn-on for them.”

Nancy Peters

Edward Epstein, "S.F. Finds Its Voice", http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/08/12/MN76094.DTL San Francisco Chronicle, 1998-08-12.
On Laurence Ferlinghetti becoming San Francisco's first poet laureate.
1990s

School , Reading

“During the '70s, when the Cold War was still on, we invited Voznesensky and Yevtushenko to come here. We had very large readings for them. It was a way of kind of culturally thawing the Cold War.”

Nancy Peters

"And the beat goes on", http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/06/09/DD158147.DTL San Francisco Chronicle, 2003-06-09.
2000s

War , Way , Reading

“The stars are dreaming
but they are laughing
I see myself in the smile of a polar bear
while turning the pages of an arctic sky
reading the delirious lines that
foretell the sovereignty of language
and the rule of invisible birds”

Nancy Peters

It's In the Wind (1977) "Ceremonies In A Polar Garden"
1970s

Smile , Dreams , Star , Bird