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Nathaniel Mackey: The music of poetry

"The lessons in tone, rhythm, cadence that you can learn from listening [to music] are important as a poet." Nathaniel Mackey, winner of the 2015 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry, describes how listening to international music has influenced his writing process.

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Nathaniel Mackey
Bollingen Prize for American Poetry
Duke University
music

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