SOURCE: “Moving to the Clear: Michael Ondaatje,” in Twelve Voices: Interviews with Canadian Poets, Borealis Press, 1980, pp. 129-44.
In the following interview, which was conducted in 1978, Ondaatje discusses his poetry, particularly the creative process.
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