Southern Poets Are Still Writing Narrative Poems,

The Great Watershed Of Modern Poetry Is French, More Than English.

Poetry, Almost By Definition, Calls Attention To Its Language And Form.

In The Best Fiction, The Language Itself Can Become Almost Invisible.

The Idea Of Avant-garde Art Is A Very Suspicious Thing To Me, The Idea That Poetry Is New And It Keeps Being New The Way Chevrolets Every Year Are New.

If People Associate Me With A Region, That's Fine With Me.