Sarah Manguso was born in Massachusetts in 1974, earned degrees from Harvard College and the University of Iowa, held the Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University, and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Rome Prize. Her first collection of poems, The Captain Lands in Paradise (Alice James Books, 2002), was named a Best Book of […]
I am not asking to suffer less. I hope to be nearly crucified. To live because I don’t want to. That hope, that sweet agent— My best work is its work. The horse I ride into Hell is my best horse And bears its name. So, friends, drink your cocktails and wear your hats. Thank […]
How long in a cold room will the tea stay hot? What about reality interests you? How long can you live? Were you there when I said this might be real? How much do you love? Sixty percent? Things that are gone? Do you love what’s real? Is real a partial form? Is it a […]
The discovery of Italy’s best wine, and not alcohol poisoning, is what killed the prelate. You’ve got to hide your love away, not because showing it is useless, but because it isn’t. Don’t let me get what I want. I love you as dead people love—in every way imaginable. Don’t let me bring that cat […]
Sarah Manguso, author of The Captain Lands in Paradise (Alice James Books, 2002) and Siste Viator (Four Way Books, 2006), offers some advice for young writers.
Sarah Manguso, author of The Captain Lands in Paradise (Alice James Books, 2002) and Siste Viator (Four Way Books, 2006), talks about how she became interested in writing.