As a poet who has the tools for interpreting the poem differently, you can begin to deconstruct it. But the human being who's like, "I know about conversation, I know about language, I know about hard times," will approach the poem differently.

We live inside our parents' backstory.

My favorite reader is one that revisits books and gets something new out of them each time.

I have met women who don't have close women friends, and I've always been like, "How could that possibly be?"

I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.

I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world and sometimes giving isn't always the easiest thing to do but it comes back.

I'm still afraid. I'm still afraid every day.