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I think my way of being funny is just saying things that people think but have learned not to say, whereas, I haven't learned not to say them.

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Victoria Chang
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
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There's so much stuff being written! Every year, how many books come out? I can't keep up, and I read a lot. It's amazing.
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I think being a poet, period, is isolating.
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I think my brain is full of collisions and that's how I like to read and process information. I'm always comparing things and I think I do that subconsciously when I'm reading books of poetry.
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There's an attraction to emotional clusters or hypocrisies or awkwardness. A desire to expose something or point at something that's already poking out.
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We're all just a part of this large, spiraling, constantly fluid hierarchy and changing. At some points in your life, you feel crushed by that, depending on who you come in contact with.
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Sometimes people ask me to do stuff in New York, like Can you read at this thing? And I say, Nooo, I can't just get on a plane with these two screaming children - I can't just get rid of them on such short notice and take vacation and fly over to New York.
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My life all-around is really different than a lot of other poets. Not poets that are parents, too, but just that I can hardly find anyone who works in the industries that I've worked in.
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The whole process of getting a book published is just part of the process. The last of the process that I enjo
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I've always done things that were good for me, whether they were viewed as being as prestigious or whatever.
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I've always just liked writing poetry, but it's much later that I've discovered that there's this whole poetry world out there, that you almost have to be accepted into, like this little club.
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I can't help but go against the grain, I suppose it is in my fabric to be a rule-breaker.
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I love being part of poetry conversations. I love talking about what I've read.
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I think I've always felt very isolated, and I'm sure lots of poets do.
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My gut was always that if I taught students poetry, I would give too much of myself to them and have nothing left.
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It took me awhile to not be ashamed to be a poet in the business environment, and to be a business person in the poet environment.
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People who are too uptight make me nervous.
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I was sort of obsessed about corporate people committing suicide.
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I am always reading, always, and tons of things at once. I wouldn't say I'm a voracious reader, though. I never finish books that fast, because I'm always reading so many things at once.
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Everyone always says that having kids is messy and sloppy. It's true, but you as a parent have to try to bring some boundaries and control over that experience, or you'd have out-of-control kids.
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I've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems.
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