The neglected legacy of the Sixties is just this: unabashed moral certitude, and the purity -- the incredibly outgoing energy -- of righteous rage.

I am the history of the rejection of who I am

I am a stranger, learning to love the strangers around me

It means to educate myself incessantly about the world around me.

The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think

I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest.

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.