Death Stalks Poets
Verse Writers Die Younger Than Other Writers
All eager-lipped I kissed the mouth of Death.
-- U.S. poet Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Death is drawn more to poetry than to other forms of writing, an intriguing study finds. Poets die sooner than playwrights. Playwrights die sooner than novelists. And novelists die sooner than nonfiction writers, according to a study by James C. Kaufman, PhD, of California State University. The study appears in the November issue of Death Studies.
Verse Writers Die Younger Than Other Writers
All eager-lipped I kissed the mouth of Death.
-- U.S. poet Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Death is drawn more to poetry than to other forms of writing, an intriguing study finds. Poets die sooner than playwrights. Playwrights die sooner than novelists. And novelists die sooner than nonfiction writers, according to a study by James C. Kaufman, PhD, of California State University. The study appears in the November issue of Death Studies.
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