There's so much stuff being written! Every year, how many books come out? I can't keep up, and I read a lot. It's amazing.

I love being part of poetry conversations. I love talking about what I've read.

I'm a total bottoms-up kind of person. I like things to bubble up.

I question my own talent and ability to make creative work every single day.

I definitely have favorite books by favorite poets, but poets' books also vary. I could like some books, but not like another book.

I've always felt alone and isolated, and living on the West Coast, there's no poetry community out here, and if there is, it's really spread out - because it's LA, it's spread out.

I think being a poet, period, is isolating.