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The speaker is arguing that readers of mass-market tabloids are also capable of enjoying poetry. He is saying poetry should be made available to them instead of assuming they would not choose it. The final sentence stresses that he means this sincerely.
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About Joseph Brodsky
Russian and American poet and essayist
Joseph Brodsky was a Russian and American poet and essayist. He is known for poetry and prose that moved between Russian and English, and for an essayistic voice that made him a major literary figure in both cultures. Brodsky wrote as a poet and essayist across two languages, and his work is often associated with reflection, exile, and the life of the mind. He is credited on this site with 153 quotes.
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- “The imprisoning of a writer is the same as the burning of a book.”Joseph Brodsky
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Books by Joseph Brodsky
Selected Poems, 1968-1996
2020
Less Than One
2020