I never liked the philosophy that you can have everything and be everything and that something is wrong if you don't want that. I'm terrible at multitasking and find it hard to believe that no one protests this general trend… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
I can appreciate the idea that with e-books more people would publish, the work would be easier to disseminate, and that it could even… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
I can never plan out what direction my poems will take in terms of either form or content. I wish I could but it… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
“Literary Lipsticks by Elaine Equi The Best American Poetry Red Wheelbarrow I Have Eaten the Plums Poppies in October Pink Christmas Red Weather A… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
Sometimes you get lit students that know a lot about the canon but virtually nothing about contemporary poetry and vice versa. I like to… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
I like being married to another writer. You get to trade ideas. You get to talk shop. You get to complain. You get to… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
In the past things were either in your head (subjective, imaginary, fantasy) or else they were part of the outside world - cold, hard,… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
I've always liked language and been a big reader. I always loved books as objects. My favorite time of year as a child was… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
I tend to like poems that are short as well as funny. I love Joe Brainard and Aram Saroyan. And I think their sense… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
I never liked the philosophy that you can have everything and be everything and that something is wrong if you don't want that. I'm… — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
In a machine, every part has a function. In a poem, every word needs to be there. — Elaine Equi Copy Share Image
