I admire the attention other writers can give to the world we're walking in.

I do think that the kind of writing that I do will always be around and printed in books, magazines, and now blogs.

There's nothing compared to the history of writing about the city of New York that you get, say, in Charles Reznikoff.

I think a blog is a catalyst for a number of possible kinds of writing besides being its own medium.

I admire the attention other writers can give to the world we're walking in.

I've been reading a lot lately about Indian captives. One woman who had been captured by the Indians and made a squaw was resentful when she was rescued because she'd found that there was a lot more work to do as the wife of a white man.

Technology will never rescue anyone from being a bad poet, but if you're good, it has the potential to do a lot of exciting things.