Anne Carson

Anne Carson (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, and professor of Classics and comparative literature at the University of Michigan.

Quotes

• My religion makes no sense
  and does not help me
  therefore I pursue it.
  • "My Religion", Glass, Irony, and God, New Directions (New York, NY), 1995.

• She doesn't get to say much in the official biography —
  I believe they are out of wine, etc.,
  practical things —
  watching with one eye as he goes about the world
  calling himself The Son Of Man.
  • "God's Mother", Glass, Irony, and God, New Directions (New York, NY), 1995.

• while the shadows like long fingers
  over the haystacks that sweep past
  keep shocking him
  because he is riding backwards.
  • "Father’s Old Blue Cardigan", Men in the Off Hours, Knopf (New York, NY), 2000.