Rae Armantrout Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: b. April 13, 1947
Birthday: April 13
Like most of my poems, 'Lie' has several sources: I read a very troubling book called The Sixth Extinction. I took note of the way people, including me, enjoy talking knowledgeably about how the world will end. I drove to Tucson and saw the desert flowering on either side of the road. And I glanced at my spam to see what people wanted to sell me these days.
topic: Lying, Book, Talking, Spam, Tucson
