I Worked At All Kinds Of Jobs,

The Woman Poet Must Be Either A Sexless, Reclusive Eccentric, With Nothing To Say Specifically To Women, Or A Brilliant, Tragic, Tortured Suicide.

Everyone Thinks They're Going To Write One Book Of Poems Or One Novel.

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.

You Are Almost Not Free, If You Are Teaching A Group Of Graduate Students, To Become Friends With One Of Them. I Don't Mean Anything Erotically Charged, Just A Friendship.

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.