Compression: Marian Kaplun Shapiro
“When the author boils her words down to a minimum, the reader is led to reconstitute them according to who the reader is. As a poet and psychologist, this ‘rule’ of work pays off in insight and inspiration. Likewise, as a Quaker, speaking out of the silence is meant to be brief and powerful. I hope I always write with this minimalist orientation.” — Marian Kaplun Shapiro
