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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.
Victoria Chang
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Victoria Chang
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
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I think being a poet, period, is isolating.
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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've always done things that were good for me, whether they were viewed as being as prestigious or whatever.
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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've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems.
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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 in general, orderly or not, it allows me more freedom in my own writing. Sometimes I wonder, though - I have friends that sit around and just write all day. And I think it's the coolest thing.
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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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I question my own talent and ability to make creative work every single day.
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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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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 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 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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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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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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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 do think that given my background as a poet, and also I work in a different field, you're sort of neither here nor there.
Victoria Chang
For the most part, it's a world of artists that are very in their own heads.
Victoria Chang
As I published books, I realized, that's not really what I want. I don't care about the books as much anymore. I just want to write poetry.
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