I'm the weird poet who has paid her dues in the experimental world for 30 or 40 years. Eileen Myles dueexperimentalpay Change image and share on social
I've grown to love Barack Obama. Hillary is no Bernie Sanders. But she's a politician, and she understands Congress. And I think with that kind of twisted beauty, she could lead our country. Eileen Myles barackbeautybernie Change image and share on social
When I'm writing the poem, I feel like I have to close my eyes. I don't mean literally, but you invite a kind of blindness, and that's the birth of the poem. Eileen Myles birthblindnessclose Change image and share on social
The first time I voted, I voted for Eugene McCarthy and I knew he wouldn't win, but it felt so great to vote for him, to vote for the right guy - the one who wanted peace. Eileen Myles eugenefeltgreat Change image and share on social
I wake up with a sense of wonder. I don't dread the future. I like it. Eileen Myles dreadfuturesense Change image and share on social
I made myself into a poet because it was the first thing I really loved. It was an act of will. Eileen Myles actlovemake Change image and share on social
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. Eileen Myles cavedrawingliterature Change image and share on social
Fred Moten is a poet I really love because he changes who is telling the poem all the time. Eileen Myles fredlovemoten Change image and share on social
As a human being, I'm kind of a cheery melancholic. I have energy; I'm happy. Eileen Myles cheeryenergyhappy Change image and share on social
In Arlington, people would laugh at you if you tried to get people to look at your drawings or listen to your poetry. It was like you thought you were special. Eileen Myles arlingtondrawinglaugh Change image and share on social