A huge volume of sensational and often toxic imagery, most of it fictional in content, inundates our minds. How do we make sense of this ceaseless flow of advertising and publicity, news and entertainment?
“Class is the great hidden identifier in American life. Since I tend to focus my poetry on that which is ‘hidden in plain view,’ class has probably been foregrounded in my work and my sensitivity to it has been increased as a result of being a poet.
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Ron Silliman