Louis Simpson
Louis Aston Marantz Simpson (March 27, 1923 – September 14, 2012) was a Jamaican poet. He won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his work At the End of the Open Road.
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Famous quotes by louis simpson:
“It’s complicated, being an American,
Having the money and the bad conscience, both at the same time.
Perhaps, after all, this is not the right subject for a poem.”
—Louis Simpson (b. 1923)
“‘Where is the Mississippi panorama
And the girl who played the piano?
Where are you, Walt?
The Open Road goes to the used-car lot.”
—Louis Simpson (b. 1923)
“Like the shark, it contains a shoe.
It must swim for miles through the desert
Uttering cries that are almost human.”
—Louis Simpson (b. 1923)