I can't help but go against the grain, I suppose it is in my fabric to be a rule-breaker.

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

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.

The whole process of getting a book published is just part of the process. The last of the process that I enjo

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.

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."

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