![]() ![]() I can picture myself doing other things because I do and always have and always intend to do other things. Seemed just as likely at the time that I might go off to be a high school teacher or construction worker. ![]() RG: I knew I was going to go off to school to study poetry when I was 21 or so because I liked writing poems, though I'm not sure that I knew I would be a poet. LIU: When did you know you wanted to be a poet? Did you ever waver from that goal - and can you ever picture yourself doing anything else? I feel like I'm able to have very sophisticated conversations about writing and literature most days, which is to say I have a pretty good job. ![]() The students, also, are wonderful: The graduate students are amazing, and the undergrads are really a joy. And my colleagues in other departments, whom I've had the pleasure of meeting, are also great. ![]() My colleagues are great, interesting people - in both creative writing and literature. LIU: What has been your experience being on faculty here? I knew about the program, knew graduates of the program, knew the work of the faculty, and had also seen an Indiana basketball game or two in my life, so figured I'd give it a whirl. ROSS GAY: I chose Indiana back in the fall of 2006, when I saw that they had a job for a poet posted. LIVE AT IU: Why did you choose Indiana University? ![]()
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