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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.

Victoria Chang

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Victoria Chang
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
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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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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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Sometimes I feel like I'm on top of the world, and other mornings I feel like crap.
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I was sort of obsessed about corporate people committing suicide.
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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 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 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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Our lives are short and everything sort of regresses to the mean.
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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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I think I've always felt very isolated, and I'm sure lots of poets do.
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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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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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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 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 being a poet, period, is isolating.
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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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I've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems.
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I love being part of poetry conversations. I love talking about what I've read.
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