One of my problems was that in spite of everything I'd tried - writing novels, political reporting, making movies, even starting The Rumpus - despite all those hats at 40 years old I was still a poet, and I was doomed to a poet's life. Which shows you can never escape your past, or your destiny. Best not to run too far from yourself, you'll only have to walk back.

--Stephen Elliott, November 6, 2012 daily Rumpus email