As A Teacher You Are

Poetry Dovetails Contradictions.

We Sometimes Received - And I Would Read - 200 Manuscripts A Week. Some Of Them Were Wonderful, Some Were Terrible; Most Were Mediocre. It Was Like The Gifts Of The Good And Bad Fairies.

Translation Makes Me Look At How A Poem Is Put Together In A Different Way, Without The Personal Investment Of The Poem I'm Writing Myself, But Equally Closely Technically.

You Are Almost Not Free, If You Are Teaching A Group Of Graduate Students, To Become Friends With One Of Them. I Don't Mean Anything Erotically Charged, Just A Friendship.

I'm Addicted To Email, But Other Than That, There Are Practical Things - Being Able To Buy A Book On The Internet That You Can't Find In Your Local Bookshop. This Could Be A Lifeline If You Live Further From The Sources.