I Worked At All Kinds Of Jobs,

I Wonder What It Means About American Literary Culture And Its Transmission When I Consider The Number Of American Poets Who Earn Their Living Teaching Creative Writing In Universities. I've Ended Up Doing That Myself.

I Have Experienced Healing Through Other Writers' Poetry, But There's No Way I Can Sit Down To Write In The Hope A Poem Will Have Healing Potential. If I Do, I'll Write A Bad Poem.

You Happened To Me. You Were As Deep Down As I’ve Ever Been. You Were Inside Me Like My Pulse.

I've Been An Inveterate Reader Of Literary Magazines Since I Was A Teenager. There Are Always Discoveries. You're Sitting In Your Easy Chair, Reading; You Realize You've Read A Story Or A Group Of Poems Four Times, And You Know, Yes, I Want To Go Farther With This Writer.

You Are Almost Not Free, If You Are Teaching A Group Of Graduate Students, To Become Friends With One Of Them. I Don't Mean Anything Erotically Charged, Just A Friendship.