Marilyn Nelson

Writing in form is a way of developing your thinking - your thinking along with the tradition. In a way, it's not you alone, it's you in partnership.

Back when I was in college, people used to talk about the alienation of the artist, not ever quite fitting in any place.

After you kind of find your footing, sonnets are what comes easiest.

The reason steampunk attracts people is that it is premised on a technology which is visible and pleasing to the naked eye, and whose moving parts are comprehensible on a human scale.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.