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Poetry brings all possible experience to the same degree: a degree in the consciousness beyond which the consciousness itself cannot go.

Laura Riding

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Author Bio

  • NameLaura Riding
  • Descriptionpoet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer
  • AliasesMadeleine Vara; Laura Reichenthal; Laura Riding Gottschalk; Barbara Rich; Laura Riding Jackson
  • BornJanuary 16, 1901
  • DiedSeptember 2, 1991
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Bollingen Prize