Interviews

We also know that by disrupting and challenging the language, or dismantling the language, we can, hopefully, dismantle white supremacy.

We’re always imposing our own subjectivity. Perfect empathy is unattainable.

I’m not that optimistic. But I guess without hope, what else do we have, right?

How long would I cry if I just let it happen? How long would I need to mourn if I did not cut that mourning short?

While I am a poet who is concerned with place, imaginative nowheres are where I think a poem begins.

…Intuition and empathy are central methods of communication when we look to understand others and to put ourselves in others’ positions.

When we push societal roles aside, what’s left between parents and children is the desire to both care and to be cared for.

You can walk around with your eyes closed, but if you do decide to open them and embrace the world around you, you can often be injured by what you see.

If I can be as specific as possible about my own understanding of my experience, that will have to resonate with some other people.