If anxiety is the major force of our contemporary condition, a lot of poetry - including my own, mostly - sort of tries to escape that, fly off into magical thinking or bewilderment or whatever. — Mike Young Copy Share Image
I think no matter how snarky you try to be, poetry will always find a way to make a spiritual goal out of what… — Mike Young Copy Share Image
I do increasingly feel like becoming a better writer is about trying to find new ways to solve the same problems over and over… — Mike Young Copy Share Image
I think the team will think this was an O.K. year. Some guys had career years, but the reality is that we didn't get… — Mike Young Copy Share Image
Poetry is a way of always paying attention to the world for me; a way of letting the world stick to me instead of… — Mike Young Copy Share Image
If anxiety is the major force of our contemporary condition, a lot of poetry - including my own, mostly - sort of tries to… — Mike Young Copy Share Image
