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.
“I try for a poetic language that says, This is who we are, where we have been, where we are. This is where we must go. And this is what we must do.”
“It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.”