at Tully Hall (NYC), which I guess might be my l5 minutes of fame. Publishing a literary magazine for l7 years certainly ranks near the top. Winning a 2006 PEN Josephine Miles Literary Excellence Award was an honor. A press is currently working on releasing a boxed set of six Cd's of mine (from past readings), which I am quite excited about. All my accomplishments (if you can call them that) are like the children I never had. Those children are and will be part of my archives at Brown University. Scot:
What advice would you give a young poet?
ADW: Just to be yourself. Don't be afraid to take risks. Never sell out. You can't put a price on integrity. Scot:
If you were left with one book of poems—what would it be?
ADW: I don't think I can name just one. It would do injustice to all the others that would deserve mentioning. Scot:
If you could change something in your professional life, what would it be?
ADW: I don't consider my writing a profession. I consider it a necessity. So there is nothing I would change since my life and my poetry are one and the same. Scot:
Are there any new poets out there that will change the way we look at poetry?
ADW: That's not for me to say. I could give you a list of several poets I see as having this potential but whether they will change how we look at poetry is another matter. I don't see any Micheline or Kaufman's out there. You have to live poetry and not just write it. You need to become involved in the community you live in. You need to give something of yourself that goes beyond putting a pen to a piece of paper.