FLC186, Democratic Art: The Non-Poetry of Carol Ann Duffy, Sean Gabb, 10th September 2009

What makes Carol Ann Duffy so popular is the knowledge that anyone else might have written her works. Writing in her style needs nothing more than a word processor with the spelling checker turned on. Her nationality, sex and possible sexuality aside, she is the ideal poet for an age that calls itself democratic – and, in a debased sense, probably is.

via FLC186, Democratic Art: The Non-Poetry of Carol Ann Duffy, Sean Gabb, 10th September 2009.

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