“Why shouldn't poetry address what happened yesterday and be published ...” — Tony Harrison Quote

“Why shouldn't poetry address what happened yesterday and be published in the newspaper?”

“There's a kind of despair about whether art can really do anything, but you have to incorporate that despair into the way you work. I try to soak my work in my sense of futility and fury.”

“I have always loved radio as a medium.”

“High-quality alternative educational settings should be available when students violate codes of conduct and need to be removed from the classroom while still maintaining access to instruction. And there must be social, health and psychological services to address students' needs.”

“Domestic violence is an epidemic, and yet we don't address it. Until it happens to celebrities.”

“I am under no illusion that amending the Voting Rights Act in Congress will be easy, but with bipartisan calls for legislation to address it, I'm confident we are moving in the right direction.”