I'm fascinated by but afraid of animals.

I think it's a huge shortcoming of mine - this disconnect between the world of human and animals. We are animals.

Very little of my time is spent thinking about poetry, except the time I spend in class.

Writing on the subway or anywhere is writing. Maybe it's all just writing.

I like the way the prose and poetry interact.

I'm fascinated by but afraid of animals.

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.