You Aren't Just The Age You Are.

I Never Thought Of Myself As A New York Poet Or As An American Poet.

I Love Painting And Music, Of Course. I Don't Know Nearly As Much About Them As I Know About Poetry. I've Certainly Been Influenced By Fiction. I Was Overwhelmed By War And Peace When I Read It, And I Didn't Read It Until I Was In My Late 20s.

I'm A Writer Who Likes To Be Influenced.

When You Finish A Poem, It Clicks Shut Like The Top Of A Jewel Box, But Prose Is Endless. I Haven't Experienced An Awful Lot Of Clicking Shut!

It's Enormously Cheering To Get A Good Review By Someone Who Seems To Understand Your Work.