Q. When did you start writing poetry?
A. I don’t remember. It’s been a very, very long time, and
my devotion to it has waxed and waned. I was a very serious poet in high school
and college, and I’ve been a very serious poet for the last 4 or 5 years.
Q. How do you define poetry?
A. I generally subscribe to the Emily Dickinson
knocks-the-top-of-my-head-off notion.
Q. What would you choose as your last meal?
A. I wanted macaroni and cheese, but Maria and Debbie have
dibs.
Q. Where are you from, and what is your spiritual homeland?
A. Born in DC, shaped and nurtured and warped in Takoma
Park, Maryland. I am very attached to Takoma Park and to Maryland, but I have a
feeling that I have deep ties elsewhere as well. England, maybe. Probably just an imagined England, with morris dancers and gorgeous green hills and excellent curry shops everywhere.
Q. What’s your sign?
A. Aquarius.
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