Perhaps First And Foremost Is The Challenge

The Phenomenon Of University Creative Writing Programs Doesn't Exist In France. The Whole Idea Is Regarded As A Novelty, Or An Oddity.

The Pull Between Sound And Syntax Creates A Kind Of Musical Tension In The Language That Interests Me.

I Worked At All Kinds Of Jobs, Mostly Commercial Editing.

Perhaps First And Foremost Is The Challenge Of Taking What I Find As A Reader And Making It Into A Poem That, Primarily, Has To Be A Plausible Poem In English.

Given The Devaluation Of Literature And Of The Study Of Foreign Languages Per Se In The United States, As Well As The Preponderance Of Theory Over Text In Graduate Literature Studies, Creative Writing Programs Keep Literature Courses Populated.