With, Or Despite Our Scars, We Stay

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.

Community Means People Spending Time Together Here, And I Don't Think There's Really That.

I'm Alternatingly Brilliant And Witless-and Sleepless: Bed Is Just A Swamp To Roll In.

I Don't Know Whether A Poem Has Be There To Help To Develop Something. I Think It's There For Itself, For What The Reader Finds In It.

I'm Addicted To Email, But Other Than That, There Are Practical Things - Being Able To Buy A Book On The Internet That You Can't Find In Your Local Bookshop. This Could Be A Lifeline If You Live Further From The Sources.