Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.

And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's just been so worth the effort. It's like I'm planting a garden in my head.

The studio system is kind of an old boys system and it's difficult for them to trust women to be capable

Only when you are relaxed can you see what's going on.

Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.

As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide.

Eight years ago, I was drawn into Keats's world by Andrew Motion's biography. Soon I was reading back and forth between Keats's letters and his poems. The letters were fresh, intimate and irreverent, as though he were present and speaking. The Keats spell went very deep for me.