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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 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've always wanted editors that actually edited my poems.
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I'm a total bottoms-up kind of person. I like things to bubble up.
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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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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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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 think e-mail and social media and all that has made me feel way less isolated than ever before.
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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 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 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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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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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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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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Our lives are short and everything sort of regresses to the mean.
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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 think I've always felt very isolated, and I'm sure lots of poets do.
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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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