autobiography

poetry

is not an ornament or refinement at the fringes of human intelligence. It is at the center.

I think art is not an ornament or refinement at the fringes of human intelligence, I think it's at the center. It's at the core. (Robert Pinsky)

Autobiography is a genre notorious for falsehood. Robert Pinsky

is a vocal art but not necessarily a performative one. It might be reading to oneself or recalling some lines by memory.

Poetry is a vocal art for me but not necessarily a performative one. It might be reading to oneself or recalling some lines by memory. Robert Pinsky