Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Poetry Rx: Rootless and Rejected (The Paris Review, March 23, 2018); Full original column read. Complete sentence in Kay’s own response to a reader grieving a friend’s death; not part of the embedded Merrit Malloy poem. Publisher page accessible through browser retrieval; direct request403.
- Poetry Rx: Rootless and Rejected (The Paris Review, March 23, 2018)
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