“Writing really resists optimization and that’s partly why I love it. It makes me reevaluate how I conceive of ‘time well spent.’”

It is difficult to convey just how important the Tower Records at the corner of Broadway and East 4th was to the feel and pulse of downtown New York, especially in its early days when there wasn’t much of either south of 14th Street.

“It doesn't get easier, I thought it would along the way.”

“The door didn’t open every day, but every time it did, I pushed it as far as it would go.”

“I have known these compelling yet repellent men. Haven’t you?”

“Writing poetry has trained my eye and ear to look and listen to my day with deep attention.”

“Each translation has its own personality- and should have.”

“We always foreground poetry in everything we do.”

"…I’m just sort of putting my ear against the thing and trying to discern its heartbeat…”