| Simpsons Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 7226 |
| AUTHOR: | John Updike |
| QUOTATION: | Theres a crystallization that goes on in a poem which the young man can bring off, but which the middle-aged man cant. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Quoted by Michiko Kakutani When Writers Turn to Brave New Forms NY Times 24 Mar 86 |
| SUBJECTS: | Communications & the Arts: Literature: Poets |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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