We Had Some Good Times At School.

I Live In Cullowhee, North Carolina. That's Where I Teach, At Western Carolina University. That Region Is Where My Family Has Lived For A Long Time And That Region Is My Landscape.

I Think Writing A Poem Is Like Being A Greyhound. Writing A Novel Is Like Being A Mule. You Go Up One Long Row, Then Down Another, And Try Not To Look Up Too Often To See How Far You Still Have To Go.

As I Get Older I Find Myself Thinking It All Begins With Shakespeare.

Don't Love Anything That Can Be Taken Away.

We Had Some Good Times At School. I Didn't Know How Good Those Times Were Until I Left, But I Guess That's The Way Of It