[New-Poetry] Wall Street Journal notices a Poet

[Anny Ballardini]

Re.:
"Being an immigrant you also feel a bit of an outsider anyway," Mr. Simic explains, "which is really good if you're going to be a writer."

also Gertrude Stein said similar words. Anyhow after Waiting for Godot by Beckett, I would like to see who feels at home and where.
  From: jforjames at aol.com 
  Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 4:15 AM



  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119326704970370531.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
  CULTURAL CONVERSATION  
    
  The Immigrant 'Outsider' 
  Is Now Poetry's Insider
  By EMILY PARKER

  October 25, 2007; Page D8
  NEW YORK -- "The great thing about the United States is that you kind of start everything from scratch," says Charles Simic. The poet would know a thing or two about the American dream. Born in 1938 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Mr. Simic moved to America at age 16. He learned English as a teenager, started using it to write poetry a few years later, and this year was nominated by the Library of Congress to be U.S. poet laureate. "Being an immigrant you also feel a bit of an outsider anyway," Mr. Simic explains, "which is really good if you're going to be a writer."
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