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People who are too uptight make me nervous.
Victoria Chang
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Victoria Chang
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
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I definitely have favorite books by favorite poets, but poets' books also vary. I could like some books, but not like another book.
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I question my own talent and ability to make creative work every single day.
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I think being a poet, period, is isolating.
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I feel like I give myself all day long to other people and other things, and I still seem like I have something to write once in awhile. Not often, though.
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I've read a lot more than most of the people that I know, except for one of my really close friends reads way more than I do.
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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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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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I love being part of poetry conversations. I love talking about what I've read.
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Having children can be such a gift, but it can be a crushing experience for a certain kind of mom. And I am that certain kind of mom.
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I've never thought about the con of living in New York as a writer. Because I always think, Oh, what fun to be around so many writers. Because I've never been around so many writers.
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Most people are trying to go digital, and trying to do different things with poetry. McSweeney's is going in the opposite direction - going more classic, and retro, which is all coming back.
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I think I've always felt very isolated, and I'm sure lots of poets do.
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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.
Victoria Chang
Sometimes I feel like I'm on top of the world, and other mornings I feel like crap.
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Most of my writing friends are working in academia. Most of my business school friends are always talking about bringing companies public, and money, and making money, and lots and lots of money. It's just a different environment.
Victoria Chang
I've always done things that were good for me, whether they were viewed as being as prestigious or whatever.
Victoria Chang
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 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.
Victoria Chang
I can't help but go against the grain, I suppose it is in my fabric to be a rule-breaker.
Victoria Chang
I just didn't want any order in anything. I have to leave an ordered life for them - the kids - and my job. I have to be at my desk at a certain time, and I have to answer e-mails within a certain time period.
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