3 Quotes & Sayings By Phillip Lopate

Phillip Lopate is the author of four collections of poetry, seven works of criticism, and nineteen books for young readers, including the acclaimed "New York Times" bestseller "The Unabridged Cat." Mr. Lopate received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1978 and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1991. He lives in Manhattan.

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Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.– Walter Benjamin, "Unpacking My Library Phillip Lopate
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The solution to entrapment in the narcissistic hothouse of self is to not relinquish autobiographical writing, but to expand the self by bringing one's curiosity to interface with more and more history and the present world. Phillip Lopate