I am only able to be honest. And sometimes my view of the world is pretty dark. But still funny.

I almost never do free writing. Unless I am forcing my students to do it.

I don't remember ever dressing up for Halloween but I must have. I do not like dressing up at all.

I was not popular enough - or at all - when Vanilla Ice was popular to remember who Vanilla Ice is without my husband reminding me. So I don't have a Vanilla Ice key chain.

I'm fascinated by but afraid of animals.

I have a complicated relationship with non-human animals. I've never really been close to one.

Lizzie Harris's Stop Wanting is an unflinching book about a girlhood filled with violence, doubt, vulnerability, and loss. These gorgeously crafted and hauntingly memorable poems are a bleak place full of life, prayer, and the kind of answers only poems like these can provide.