I think that the moment we're living in offers the best opportunity we've had in a long time in that a lot of things having to do with identity politics are being talked about in poems. The only problem there… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
People get anxious about dividing sorts of poetry, say Confessionalism from political poetry. But Confessionalism is very much an expression of racial privilege and of class privilege. I don't think it's always a blind expression of these privileges but it… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
I like having a phrase lying around to get poems started. It's like having a key. — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
I think that the moment we're living in offers the best opportunity we've had in a long time in that a lot of things… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
I believe rhythmic sensibility is always a product and extension of language, defined broadly, among other things. But it is an immediate product and… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
I love to read long books. I enjoy experiencing that extension. But it's not something I feel comfortable with and not something I think… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
I actually can't listen to music and write poetry at the same time, but I do kind of think about the music I've been… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as an animal too big too kill, AND we're cornered by such animals every day. — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
I don't know that I find either aspect of Jesus more interesting than the other, although maybe I think about the God one more. — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
I definitely notice the absence of character in most poetry, which is not so say that I'm an innovator in that regard. Character-based poems… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
I think I cause a lot of headaches for editors - it's impossible to keep up with the ridiculous amount of changes I make. — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
I do believe in Jesus as wholly God and wholly human, and I believe the human part was human. — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
I was just thinking about how my grandparents, who raised me, would be considered "white trash," whatever that means - mostly for being racists,… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
