Hayden Carruth

Hayden Carruth (August 3, 1921 – September 29, 2008) was an American poet, literary critic and anthologist. He taught at Syracuse University. Quotes The wilderness begins at the edge of my body, at the edge of my consciousness, and extends to the edge of the universe, and it is filled with menace. The Senseless Logic of the Wild New York Times, March 20, 2019 I had always been aware that the Universe is sad; everything in it, animate or inanimate, the wild creatures, the stones, the stars, was enveloped in the great sadness, pervaded by it. [...] Never then or now have I been able to look at a cloudless sky at night and see beauty there. The Senseless Logic of the Wild New York Times, March 20, 2019 Quotes about Carruth This is not a man who sits down to "write a poem"; rather, some burden of understanding and feeling, some need to know, forces his poems into being. Thoreau said, "Be it life or death, what we crave is reality." So it is with Carruth. And even in hell, knowledge itself bestows a halo around the consciousness with, at moments, attains it. Galway Kinnell, Academy of American Poets External links Carruth's website (archive) Poems, Audio, and Biography for Hayden Carruth at Poets.org Category:1921 births Category:2008 deaths Category:20th-century poets from the United States Category:National Book Award winners Category:People from Connecticut Category:University of Chicago alumni Category:Literary critics