Last spring, poet, novelist, librettist and one-time presidential candidate, Eileen Myles chatted with Weird Deer correspondent Travis Nichols about ideal readership, government sponsored revolution, and the big old tomb that is prose. Further installments will appear this week.
TN: I’ve just spent the morning reading back through your work, from the first book you […]
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This Saturday is your eightieth birthday, which, as I’m sure you know, means that you are a Leo!
The sign Leo is symbolized by the Lion, and your sign’s element is Fire.
Leo is ruled by the Sun (Ode to Joy).
You are highly dramatic and like to be center stage (How the Pope is Chosen). […]
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