Robert Frost — "I'm a believer in the literal word. I think it's the literal word that counts."
I'm a believer in the literal word. I think it's the literal word that counts.
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Interview with Richard Poirier, 'The Art of Poetry No. 2' in The Paris Review
Date: 1960
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