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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.

Victoria Chang

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Victoria Chang
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
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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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I think being a poet, period, is isolating.
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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 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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In general, I find that poets spend a lot of time thinking about themselves, and not a lot of time thinking about other poets, or other poetry. Unless they think about how it affects them, or how it could impact them.
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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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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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Most of my writing friends are working in academia. Most of my business school friends are always talking about bringing companies public, and money, and making money, and lots and lots of money. It's just a different environment.
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People who are too uptight make me nervous.
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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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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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