Quote of the Day (Ruth Fainlight, on Female Poets)

“There's this image of the poet – the 'Romantic poet' – and it seems to me that it's much more of a problem for men than it is for women. The problem of really trying to write poetry, rather than waiting for the moment of inspiration. Women are less susceptible to it because they’re more humble. They’ve been cut down to size.”— UK-based American poet, short story writer, translator and librettist Ruth Fainlight quoted by Helen Bain, “Ruth Fainlight's Life in Verse,” The Financial Times (“How To Spend It” supplement), Mar. 14, 2025