TO START WITH, FEEL FORTUNATE

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To Begin With, Feel Fortunate was written in part in the chaotic yearrunning up to the election of the new president and is a passionateanalysis of how we got to where we are as a nation, and what may bein store for us. As Peter has said in an interview, “You have to rememberthat even the poets who live in garrets are citizens, and Iurge them to use their voices and partake in the actual goings-on ofour country.” Like William Meredith, who was a good friend in theold days, Meinke’s work is not written from the ivory tower. LikeMeredith, he feels writers and intellectuals have an obligation tospeak the truth and shame the devil. And if poetry and prose are tobe useful in our lives, they must first of all be honest or otherwiserisk being merely window dressing in a fancy American living room.Critics have argued that poetry fails to the exact extent it attemptsto be didactic. And though he is a teacher and has lived to see muchchange in this country, Meinke’s work does not attempt to preach.It’s the voice of a really nice guy you’d like to have a beer with at thelocal pub to hash out whatever you have on your mind: the world series,the future of the stock market, the state of the union. He wouldnever consider his fellow citizens “deplorable” and admires the hardworking,middle-class as well as poets who celebrate their life, likePhilip Levine and yes, Bob Dylan.

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