Living in literature and love is the best thing there is. You're always home.
From Eileen Myles
The poet is like the earth's shadow. The sun moves, and the poet writes something down.
Evolution is not an even process. There are surges, and there are micromoments. Certainly a career as an artist is that way.
Poetry always, always, always is a key piece of democracy.
As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary.
I've grown to love Barack Obama. Hillary is no Bernie Sanders. But she's a politician, and she understands Congress. And I think with that kind of twisted beauty, she could lead our country.
A vote should be generative, not like business as usual, which is what voting feels like for most of us.
Having big audiences when you're on a book tour is like Valhalla if you're a person who used to sell Girl Scout cookies on the side. Because you want to give the reading that will sell the most books.
I really just love reading. It's my favorite thing, performing my poems live. Reading by reading, I just kind of follow my nose.
The thing about not being historically a mainstream writer is that everyone feels like you're theirs: you're their friend.
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