"In a way, the poems were hidden even from me. I knew that the chapters and pages of the book were spare and fragmented; the images were dense and thematic; the language was economical and metaphoric. Yet somehow I believed that poetry was something much more opaque and obscure, less narrative and more abstract. It took a while to accept that I didn’t have to define my poems according to any particular “rules” or standards out there in the so-called Poetry World. I didn’t even have to call myself a poet, but rather a writer who worked in multiple forms. Perhaps the greatest benefit of all was how poetry gave me permission to let go of my lofty ambitions as a would-be novelist. Instead, I could rediscover my voice, my material, my sense of self. I could simply tell the truth—hopefully. (And I mean that in all senses: full of hope.)"--Elizabeth Rosner
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