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I think I've always felt very isolated, and I'm sure lots of poets do.
Victoria Chang
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Victoria Chang
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
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Whether people like your work or not, but it's also based on a lot of other things - geography, who you happen to connect with and where they sit in that ladder - and all of that felt really isolating and disheartening to me when I figured it out.
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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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For the most part, it's a world of artists that are very in their own heads.
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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'm a total bottoms-up kind of person. I like things to bubble up.
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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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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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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 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 think e-mail and social media and all that has made me feel way less isolated than ever before.
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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 question my own talent and ability to make creative work every single day.
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People who are too uptight make me nervous.
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