I think my way of being "funny" is just saying things that people think but have learned not to say, whereas, I haven't learned not to say them.

Most people are trying to go digital, and trying to do different things with poetry. McSweeney's is going in the opposite direction - going more classic, and retro, which is all coming back.

I definitely have favorite books by favorite poets, but poets' books also vary. I could like some books, but not like another book.

I think I've always felt very isolated, and I'm sure lots of poets do.

I just didn't want any order in anything. I have to leave an ordered life for them - the kids - and my job. I have to be at my desk at a certain time, and I have to answer e-mails within a certain time period.

We're all just a part of this large, spiraling, constantly fluid hierarchy and changing. At some points in your life, you feel crushed by that, depending on who you come in contact with.

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