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In writing, Sawyer-Lauçanno said he fully realized the debt that contemporary poetry owes to Cummings. “He broke rules, the sanctity of the left margin, the splitting of words. In this way he was a pioneer.”
The synthesis in one book of Cummings the man and Cummings the poet provides a new appreciation for his body of work.
At the outset, Sawyer-Lauçanno said he was not sure what he wanted to achieve with the biography, simply wanting to tell Cummings’ story. “Cummings has been a longtime passion for me,” he revealed. “I thought it...
Also factoring in Sawyer-Lauçanno’s decision to create the biography was his feeling that Cummings “has been neglected as a major poet and writer.” The goal was not to reestablish his fame, for “if there is...
This fidelity to art led Cummings to forsake many aspects of the non-aesthetic sphere. “He never held a job in his life excepting six weeks. Work would have been a distraction: his art was paramount.”