The Black Mountain Poet I Like Most

Alchemy Is The Art Of Far And Near, And I Think Poetry Is Alchemy In That Way. It's Delightful To Distort Size, To See Something That's Tiny As Though It Were Vast.

I Have Taught Students From The New York City Area So Long I Have A Special Affinity And Rapport With Them. It Surprises Me Sometimes That There Are Students From Anywhere Else.

Among The American Contemporaries I Read With Most Enjoyment Are Several North Carolinians. I Think The Best Poetry Being Written These Days Is Being Written By Southerners.

I Love To Create Interesting Textures With Language. You Can Do It As Long As It Seems Like A Discovery.

I Think That It's More Likely That In My 60s And 70s I Will Be Writing Poetry Rather Than Fiction.