I Think That One Possible Definition Of Our Modern Culture Is That It Is One In Which Nine-tenths Of Our Intellectuals Can't Read Any Poetry.

I Think That One Possible Definition Of Our Modern Culture Is That It Is One In Which Nine-tenths Of Our Intellectuals Can't Read Any Poetry.

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I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is
one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry. --
Randell Jarrell

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