Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

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I don't know whether a poem has be there to help to develop something. I...

I don't know whether a poem has be there to help to develop something. I...

My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman...

My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman...

I've been an inveterate reader of literary magazines since I was a teenager. There are...

I've been an inveterate reader of literary magazines since I was a teenager. There are...

Of the individual poems, some are more lyric and some are more descriptive or narrative....

Of the individual poems, some are more lyric and some are more descriptive or narrative....

Translation makes me look at how a poem is put together in a different way,...

Translation makes me look at how a poem is put together in a different way,...

Paris is a wonderful city. I can't say I belong to an especially anglophone community.

Paris is a wonderful city. I can't say I belong to an especially anglophone community.

I have experienced healing through other writers' poetry, but there's no way I can sit...

I have experienced healing through other writers' poetry, but there's no way I can sit...

I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider...

I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider...

The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and syntax, are fascinating: how important...

The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and syntax, are fascinating: how important...

We sometimes received - and I would read - 200 manuscripts a week. Some of...

We sometimes received - and I would read - 200 manuscripts a week. Some of...

When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with...

When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with...

Translation is an interestingly different way to be involved both with poetry and with the...

Translation is an interestingly different way to be involved both with poetry and with the...

The pull between sound and syntax creates a kind of musical tension in the language...

The pull between sound and syntax creates a kind of musical tension in the language...

I'm addicted to email, but other than that, there are practical things - being able...

I'm addicted to email, but other than that, there are practical things - being able...

Community means people spending time together here, and I don't think there's really that.

Community means people spending time together here, and I don't think there's really that.

The phenomenon of university creative writing programs doesn't exist in France. The whole idea is...

The phenomenon of university creative writing programs doesn't exist in France. The whole idea is...

Perhaps first and foremost is the challenge of taking what I find as a reader...

Perhaps first and foremost is the challenge of taking what I find as a reader...

Clearly, once the student is no longer a student the possibilities of relationship are enlarged.

Clearly, once the student is no longer a student the possibilities of relationship are enlarged.

I think there is something about coming to a city to work that puts you...

I think there is something about coming to a city to work that puts you...

Everyone thinks they're going to write one book of poems or one novel.

Everyone thinks they're going to write one book of poems or one novel.