Our lives are short and everything sort of regresses to the mean.

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

I question my own talent and ability to make creative work every single day.

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.

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.

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.