I love being part of poetry conversations. I love talking about what I've read.

There's an attraction to emotional clusters or hypocrisies or awkwardness. A desire to expose something or point at something that's already poking out.

Having children can be such a gift, but it can be a crushing experience for a certain kind of mom. And I am that certain kind of mom.

I am always reading, always, and tons of things at once. I wouldn't say I'm a voracious reader, though. I never finish books that fast, because I'm always reading so many things at once.

I think being a poet, period, is isolating.

I've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems.

I've always done things that were good for me, whether they were viewed as being as prestigious or whatever.