Donald Hall 1928~2018, poetry as 'school for feeling', I learned to slow down.

Donald Andrew Hall Jr.^[1] (September 20, 1928 – June 23, 2018) was an American poet, writer, editor and literary critic. He was the author of over 50 books across several genres from children's literature, biography, memoir, essays, and including 22 volumes of verse...
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Donald Hall, 89, saw poetry as 'school for feeling'

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Donald Hall, a former U.S. poet laureate who was widely considered one of the greatest poets of his generation, died over the ...

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“I thought I progressed in literature by reading faster and faster—but reading more is reading less. I learned to slow down.” Donald Hall on his final years:

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Notes Nearing Ninety: Learning to Write Less
Donald Hall, who died in June this year at the age of eighty-nine, compiled one final book of essays before his death.