tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post8057080880273337490..comments2024-03-23T06:00:13.243-04:00Comments on Kristin Berkey-Abbott: Harriet Tubman Haunts My PoemsKristin Berkey-Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-88091817882677619502010-01-16T06:09:26.752-05:002010-01-16T06:09:26.752-05:00One of the benefits I've found to being a teac...One of the benefits I've found to being a teacher, a teacher of non-English majors, especially, is seeing how real readers approach a creative work.<br /><br />These are the kind of readers who I want to reach with my poetry, so it's been instructive to watch them wrestle with the literature.<br /><br />I don't know that it's changed the way I write, but when I publish my first book-with-a-spine, I might be more inclined to put some explanatory notes about my references and allusions in the back of the book. I wouldn't explain every little thing, but I wouldn't snootily refuse to give any sort of insight either.Kristin Berkey-Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-80594978158623678792010-01-15T11:51:44.312-05:002010-01-15T11:51:44.312-05:00Does it really matter what the author intended? T...Does it really matter what the author intended? This is a question that haunts me as a teacher, as a reader, and as a writer.<br /><br />As your note on Tubman illustrates, most of us are haunted by our histories, and I'm fascinated by how that all comes out in the work of the writer.Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.com