In general, I find that poets spend a lot of time thinking about themselves, and not a lot of time thinking about other poets, or other poetry. Unless they think about how it affects them, or how it could impact them.

I've read a lot more than most of the people that I know, except for one of my really close friends reads way more than I do.

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.

For the most part, it's a world of artists that are very in their own heads.

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.

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 do think that given my background as a poet, and also I work in a different field, you're sort of neither here nor there.