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“I consider poetry my vocation, not my "career." My career is as a university professor; that's what pays the bills.”

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Cate Marvin, born in 1969, is a talented poet whose works are known for their profound emotions and unique style. She has won numerous awards and has been widely praised by literary critics. more

“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.”

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“One cannot have "success" in poetry. If I wanted to be successful, I'd have become a lawyer.”

Ifs Wanted Successful Lawyer Being Successful

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“There IS a difference between poetry and prose! Poems should be sonically charged and new to the ear.”

Should Differences Ears Prose

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“Some poems take two to three years to finish. Rarely, a poem will arrive whole. It's nice when that happens. However, process has become so grueling for me over the past few years that when one of my students uses the word "inspiration" I practically shriek with laughter.”

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“I have no precise idea of who makes up my readership. I'm surprised when I discover people have read my poems at all.”

People Ideas Precise Readership

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“The cool thing about having a book is that it takes on its own life. Once it's in the world, you can't follow it. You'd have to have a pretty fantastic surveillance system to track its migration.”

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“Confessional poetry is, to my mind, more slippery than poems that are sloppily autobiographical; I find the confessional mode much more akin to dramatic monologue.”

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“I like it when poems are challenging, when they concern matters important and personal to the author.”

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“One of the reasons poetry is such an amazing genre to work with is because it constantly reinvents itself and re-negotiates its terms with the reader.”

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