The poetry of John Berryman (1914-1972) is primarily concerned with
the self in response to the rapid social, political, sexual,
racial, and technological transformations of the twentieth century,
and their impact on the psyche and spirit, both individual and
collective. He was just as likely to find inspiration in his local
newspaper as he did from the poetry of Hopkins or Milton. In fact,
in contrast to the popular perception of Berryman drunkenly
composing strange, dreamlike, abstract, esoteric poems, Berryman
was intensely aware of craft. His best work routinely utilizes a
variety of rhetorical styles, shifting effortlessly from the lyric
to the prosaic. For Berryman, poetry was nothing less than a
vocation, a mission, and a way of life. Though he desired fame, he
acknowledged its relative unimportance when he stated that the
"important thing is that your work is something no one else can
do". As a result, Berryman very rarely granted interviews - "I
teach and I write", he explained, "I'm not copy" - yet when he did
the results were always captivating. Collected in Conversations
with John Berryman are all of Berryman's major interviews,
personality pieces, profiles, and local interest items, where
interviewers attempt to unravel him, as both Berryman and his
interlocutors struggle to find value in poetry in a fallen world.
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