Sometimes people ask me to do stuff in New York, like "Can you read at this thing?" And I say, "Nooo, I can't just get on a plane with these two screaming children - I can't just get rid of them on such short notice and take vacation and fly over to New York."
Victoria ChangIt took me awhile to not be ashamed to be a poet in the business environment, and to be a business person in the poet environment.
Victoria ChangMy gut was always that if I taught students poetry, I would give too much of myself to them and have nothing left.
Victoria Chang