“All reading is the evocation of speech; the difference in our approach…” — Mina Loy

“All reading is the evocation of speech; the difference in our approach, then, in reading a poem or a newspaper is that our attitude in reading a poem must be rather that of listening to and looking at a pictured song.”

Describing poetry as simultaneously visual, verbal and musical · Essay, Modern Poetry, 1925

Mina Loy

About Mina Loy

27 December 1882–25 September 1966

In the vibrant landscape of early twentieth-century modernism, where voices like Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, and Gertrude Stein commanded attention, another figure moved through the artistic circles of London, Paris, and New York with equal brilliance but less recognition. Mina Loy (1882-1966) was a poet, artist, actress…

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