Havelock Ellis
British physician, writer, and social reformer (1859-1939)
John Berryman
American poet and scholar (1914-1972)
John Allyn McAlpin Berrymanwas an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in the “confessional” school of poetry.
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John Allyn McAlpin Berrymanwas an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in the “confessional” school of poetry. His 77 Dream Songswon the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
5 Quotes by John Berryman
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Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
John BerrymanAmerican poet and scholar (1914-1972)
- 2.
We must travel in the direction of our fear.
John BerrymanAmerican poet and scholar (1914-1972)
- 3.
Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.
John BerrymanAmerican poet and scholar (1914-1972)
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The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he’s in business.
John BerrymanAmerican poet and scholar (1914-1972)
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I didn’t want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats.
John BerrymanAmerican poet and scholar (1914-1972)