At a time when pimpery, lick-spittlery, and picking the public's pocket are the order of the day- indeed, officially proclaimed as virtue- the poet must play the madcap to keep his balance. And ours.
—Studs Terkel, Talking to Myself, 1977

Posted on November 15, 2002 at 11:41 PM

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