A quote for July 2024.

Written By Libby Hart

You Americans, you are so naïve. You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language.

—Joseph Brodsky, as told by Marie Howe.

‘Marie Howe: The Power of Words to Save Us’ from On Being with Krista Tippett, 25 April 2013.

Photography by Sean Ferigan (detail).

Libby Hart

Libby Hart is an Australian poet who writes about the living world and the human experience. Her books include Burn, Wild, This Floating World and Fresh News from the Arctic. She is the editor of My Name Suspended in the Air, a centenary celebration of the Irish writer, Leland Bardwell.

https://libbyhartpoet.com
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