When my own writing needs a perk, I open Zukofsky and read from "A" - particularly sections "22" and "23." It can be opaque, but I love the intensity.

When my own writing needs a perk, I open Zukofsky and read from "A" - particularly sections "22" and "23." It can be opaque, but I love the intensity.

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.

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.

As for what you're calling hard luck - well, we made New England out of it. That and codfish.

Most of the time I'm not really attracted to writing that's focused on filling and fighting it out within a well-defined container. I like work that gets out in the world and lets the world shape the poem.