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Articles posted by Kenneth Goldsmith
Kenneth Goldsmith
Kenneth Goldsmith is a poet and critic. He teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and is a senior editor at PennSound. In 2013, he was appointed the Museum of Modern Art’s first Poet Laureate.
I Look to Theory Only When I Realize That Somebody Has Dedicated Their Entire Life to a Question I Have Only Fleetingly Considered
May 5, 2015 By
Kenneth Goldsmith
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