“I often think, no one wants to read this. No one wants to hear this. My own work makes me cringe sometimes, cringe in a "there's nothing I can do because it had to come out like this" kind of way.” ThinkingWayWantKindI CanSometimesCan DoMy OwnCringe Author:Randall Mann
“I am probably going to pay for this at some point, but I think pretty much everyone I come into contact with is fair game. So I use real names sometimes if the poem says it happened like that. It feels right if I use the real person I reference. Of course the poem is all lies, even when it's true, so I guess I can sleep at night.” IfsThinkingFeelsPersonsI CanRealSometimesUseLyingNightCoursesGamesNamesSleepPayHappenedFairsContactFeels RightReal PersonFair Game Author:Randall Mann
“I think I'm comfortable making myself, or my speaker, larger than life if I can then cut myself off at the ankles. The way, in "My Major Prize," the speaker does this drippy performance of sadness and poetry for some unnamed prize committee, only he lets us know that it's all a wry game.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayDoeI CanGamesCuttingSadnessComfortableMajorsPerformancesPrizeSpeakersCommitteesAnklesLarger Than LifeWry Author:Randall Mann