I'm perfectly happy when I look out at an audience and it's all women. I always think it's kind of odd, but then, more women than men, I think, read and write poetry.

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Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out...

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out...

I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in...

I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in...

I am not political as a person.

I am not political as a person.

I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of personal...

I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of personal...

I think I'm a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have...

I think I'm a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have...

I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing...

I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing...

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.

One, I have a wonderful publisher, Black Sparrow Press; as long as they exist, they...

One, I have a wonderful publisher, Black Sparrow Press; as long as they exist, they...

Other people have noticed more of an evolution than I have and so I'll try...

Other people have noticed more of an evolution than I have and so I'll try...

I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with...

I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with...

So, I've never been politically correct, even before that term was available to us, and...

So, I've never been politically correct, even before that term was available to us, and...

My poems are almost all written as Diane. I don't have any problems with that,...

My poems are almost all written as Diane. I don't have any problems with that,...

I'm passing on a tradition of which I am part. There's a long line of...

I'm passing on a tradition of which I am part. There's a long line of...

I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting...

I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting...

Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.

Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus...

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus...

But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue,...

But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue,...

From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be...

From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be...

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in...

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in...

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is...

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is...