We are surrounded by invisible technologies and a change in social and psychological attitudes. The changes you had in the ’60s were all up front; now they’re much more difficult to read and in a way much more threatening.
“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