“Because I wake up late, my day is often short. I'm much more active in the evenings, during which I alternately read, write, needle-point, smoke, email, and despair over my decision last June to put my television and DVD player out on the street because I wasn't getting enough work done.” WritingDoneEnoughLastsDecisionPlayerStreetsTelevisionDespairLateWake UpActiveEveningSmokeEmailJuneNeedlesDvdsWork Done Author:Cate Marvin
“I prefer poems that occupy an imaginative sphere. When I lived in Cincinnati, I was occasionally referred to as an "Ohio Poet;" this made me uneasy, not only because I think of myself as a generally American poet but also because I like to think I write out of the country of my own mind.” ThinkingWritingMindMadeCountryMy OwnPoetSpheresImaginativeOhioUneasy Author:Cate Marvin
“It takes a certain kind of mind to narrate, to work through character motivation, to be unforgiving to one's writer-self when it comes down to creating the minutiae of detail. Writing fiction requires stamina, a sense of how people's lives work, how people work toward and against one another and, above all, precision.” PeopleWritingMindKindSelfCharacterMotivationCertainFictionCreatingDetailsPrecisionStaminaWriting FictionUnforgivingMinutiae Author:Cate Marvin
“To think of writing poetry as a "career" is not only ridiculous, it's dangerous. To the imagination. To the way one thinks of art. The reason poetry as a genre is so special is because it cannot be made a commodity.” ThinkingWayWritingArtMadeReasonImaginationCareersSpecialDangerousRidiculousGenreCommodityWriting PoetryGenre Is Author:Cate Marvin
“I do believe that one's writing life needs to be kept separate from Po-Biz. Personally, I deal with this by not attending too many poetry readings, primarily reading dead poets or poems in translation, reading Poets & Writers only once for grant/contest information before I quickly dispose of it, and not reading Poetry Daily. Ever.” NeedsWritingBelieveReadingDealsInformationPoetGrantsContestsWriting LifeTranslationsAttendingReading PoetryDead PoetsPoetry Reading Author:Cate Marvin
“I love teaching poetry writing. Students come into the class thinking poetry has to be one way, then leave having created pieces that are wholly original, that have - quite literally - never been made before.” ThinkingWayWritingMadeClassPiecesTeachingStudentsOriginalsOne WayLove Teaching Author:Cate Marvin
