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

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

I always revise when I publish in a book. So versions in magazines are sometimes slightly different.

Human suffering is articulated in language; communication is how we seek help, consolation, etc.

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

I turned to human suffering because - this may sound odd - animal suffering is more difficult for me to deal with.

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.