I tend to overuse the word "project" only because "book" is terrifying while I'm still in the middle of something. A project can fail. I don't want a book to fail.

I enjoy working on a number of projects - books - at once.

Revision is a good impulse to have.

I never try to force poems into a collection simply because they were written/published within a certain period of time. They will eventually find their perfect home.

I figure I write for people who are intelligent enough to do some labor. Lazy readers are not my ideal readers.

Publishers have in-house editors, but I hire my own before I submit the work to publishers. They appreciate it and I feel more confident about the material.

I like to move around in the landscape between poetry and prose, between the lyrical and the narrative.