I think I love humor in poetry, but not that slapstick cheap easy humor, but that uncomfortable, "did she say that out loud?" kind of humor.

There's so much stuff being written! Every year, how many books come out? I can't keep up, and I read a lot. It's amazing.

I think e-mail and social media and all that has made me feel way less isolated than ever before.

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.

I've always just liked writing poetry, but it's much later that I've discovered that there's this whole poetry world out there, that you almost have to be accepted into, like this little club.

I love when I meet generous poets, and generous meaning nice people, who give to the poetry community, who do interviews, read other people's books, and talk about them, spread the...love, I guess. That means a lot to me.

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.