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Seidel began his career in the early sixties, the era of confessional poetry, but he had nothing except his own perceived uncouthness to confess.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2016

“Very mature, John,” he mutters to himself in despair at his own uncouthness as she stalks off.

From The Guardian • Oct. 24, 2015

But uncouthness turns out to have its virtues.

From The Guardian • Oct. 24, 2015

When last I painted him he still had:�at least for me�a certain amount of uncouthness of the flesh about him, of the brazen and sardonic as well as the elegant ironic.

From Time Magazine Archive

He simply kept telling it over again in the excitement of the conversation, meaning to explain to his listeners what a remarkable fellow the smith was, in spite of his uncouthness.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various