I Worked At All Kinds Of Jobs,

Who Gets To Choose What Battle Takes Her Down?

I Lived In The Studio Apartment That I Bought For Four Years Before I Bought It In 1989, So I Was Already In It. I Began Living There In 1985, So I've Had The Same Address And Phone Number Since Then.

Paris Is A Wonderful City. I Can't Say I Belong To An Especially Anglophone Community.

I Try To Write Everyday. I Do That Much Better Over Here Than When I'm Teaching. I Always Rewrite, Usually Fairly Close-on Which Is To Say First Draft, Then Put It Aside For 24 Hours Then More Drafts.

Poetry Dovetails Contradictions.