After I finished the biography "Becoming Jane Austen", I went back to reading & reading about Niedecker and was struck by this quote from Basil Bunting, about her work, on the EPC biography page on Niedecker:
"Her work was austere, free of all ornament, relying on the fundamental rhythms of concise statement, so that to many readers it must have seemed strange and bare."
If I didn't know it was about Niedecker, I would have guessed it was about Austen. So, apparently I'm drawn to that concise, ornament-free writing. Though, am I practicing that? I don't know that I was. Though now that I've noticed it's what I like to read, I can make an effort to implement in my writing what I like in others...
"Her work was austere, free of all ornament, relying on the fundamental rhythms of concise statement, so that to many readers it must have seemed strange and bare."
If I didn't know it was about Niedecker, I would have guessed it was about Austen. So, apparently I'm drawn to that concise, ornament-free writing. Though, am I practicing that? I don't know that I was. Though now that I've noticed it's what I like to read, I can make an effort to implement in my writing what I like in others...