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These guys are so pretentious it makes my head spin.  You compare this interview to that of yours with Sherman Alexie, and it is night and day.  These guys are always being called "young poets" yet they are not THAT young.  They just aren't THAT talented.  It is like an excuse for them... that they might someday catch up to a real poet like Alexie, but I doubt it is going to happen.  If you want prose and purpose, skip both of the Dickman's work.  They are just trying too hard, and real talent goes beyond fellowships and teaching high school poetry workshops.  Listening to them go on about writing is more like an Introduction To Faking Cool.  Time to get a real jobs, guys.

Side note:  Lents has never been that bad of a neighborhood.  By acting as if it was, the Dickmans only make themselves even less believable.

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