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Richard Hugo (1923–1982) was for many years the director of the creative writing program at the University of Montana, Missoula Campus. He received the Theodore Roethke Memorial Prize and was twice nominated for the National Book Award.


Richard Hugo on Starting a Poem

“The words should not serve the subject. The subject should serve the words.”
December 8, 2023  By Richard Hugo
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