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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
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Victoria Chang
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
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I think I've always felt very isolated, and I'm sure lots of poets do.
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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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People who are too uptight make me nervous.
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I question my own talent and ability to make creative work every single day.
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For the most part, it's a world of artists that are very in their own heads.
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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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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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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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Sometimes I feel like I'm on top of the world, and other mornings I feel like crap.
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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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I've always felt alone and isolated, and living on the West Coast, there's no poetry community out here, and if there is, it's really spread out - because it's LA, it's spread out.
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I love being part of poetry conversations. I love talking about what I've read.
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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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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 think I love humor in poetry, but not that slapstick cheap easy humor, but that uncomfortable, did she say that out loud? kind of humor.
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I've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems.
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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 love when I meet generous poets, and generous meaning nice people, who give to the poetry community, who do interviews, read other people's books, and talk about them, spread the...love, I guess. That means a lot to me.
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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 was sort of obsessed about corporate people committing suicide.
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