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(Something else to think about.)

Q. From what I've read, your verse seems to formally run the
gamut--from the more stylized verse of "The Prelude" to the haunting
prose poetry of the works published in miPOesias. Tell me a little
bit about how you personally define your style. How do you combine
both old and new forms?

Q. In addition to being a poet, you're also a professor and scholar
as well. How do your academic interests coincide with or influence
your poetry?

Q. You keep a blog too. Do you think digital technologies/new media
have changed or shaped poetry in any way? If so how? Do you reach
new audiences with your blog?

Q. When you're not writing/reading/teaching, what would we be most
likely to find you doing?

Q. Who are your biggest influences (poets, writers, or otherwise)?

Q. I read that you grew up on the border of Mexico and the United
States. How do you see both countries, both cultures, working within
your verse?

Q. On your publisher's website for "The Keepsake Storm," your book is
described as "nothing less than a celebration--and a reassessment--of
American consciousness." Interestingly, both you and Mairead, the
other poet reading Saturday, have the unique perspective of writing
poetry from both sides of America, from the inside and out. How has
this shaped you as a poet?

Q. Do you think of your poetry as political? If so, what political
issues/ideas in your work are most important to you?

Q. What will you be reading next Saturday? Tell me about some of the
poems you chose and why.

Q. Did you and Mairead, the other poet reading, know one another
before this reading? How did the reading come about?

Q. You've spent some time in Ithaca, during your graduate years.
What, in your opinion, is the most poetic thing about Ithaca?

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