“People love discovering you. The thing about not being historically a mainstream writer is that everyone feels like you're theirs, you're their friend.” PeopleFeelsLike YouMainstreamDiscovering Author:Eileen Myles
“I hate the word mentor, the professionalization of friendships between generations. I just feel like the fact of friendship is the thing we all adored, like the younger befriends or reaches out to their hero, and for me, whenever you meet some younger person, who has a fire in their gut, a way of being in the world, it excites you.” WorldWayFeelsPersonsFactsHateFireGenerationsHeroI HateGutsReach OutMentor Author:Eileen Myles
“As a reader I feel included a lot in Julie Carr’s hard and beautiful book. I can pretty much hear its author speak—a whispering that enables us into its world . . . a masterfully sutured journey, painfully useful. Sarah—Of Fragments and Lines is a book I know I will return to. And urge it on my friends who have lives too and write in them.” KnowsWorldFeelsWritingI CanBookHardBeautifulSpeakLinesJourneyReturnReaderMy FriendsUrgesFragmentsWhisperingBeautiful Books Author:Eileen Myles
“Literature is love. I think it went like this: drawings in the cave, sounds in the cave, songs in the cave, songs about us. Later, stories about us. Part of what we always did was have sex and fight about it and break each other’s hearts. I guess there’s other kinds of love too. Great friendships. Working together. But poetry and novels are lists of our devotions. We love the feel of making the marks as the feelings are rising and falling. Living in literature and love is the best thing there is. You’re always home.” ThinkingFeelsHeartKindStoriesFeelingsHomeTogetherSongFallFightingLiteratureSexSoundLove IsBreakNovelAnd LoveMarkDrawingListsDevotionBest ThingsRisingWorking TogetherCavesKinds Of LoveGreat FriendGreat Friendship Author:Eileen Myles
“Urban nature is like living with mass conditions. It sometimes feels like a myth & you are its scribe.” FeelsSometimesConditionsMassMythUrbanScribes Author:Eileen Myles
