Ask the Author: Alison Winfield-Burns
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Alison Winfield-Burns
I read some crap about Peter Orlovsky that was untrue. It made me realize people are forgotten once they die: the sound of a person's intake of breath. A laugh. Voice timbre. A look across features. A cigarette smoked. A smile. Gestures. All that gets lost when personal landscapes die out. I wanted to remember my friends as the glory boys they are. The way we all were at the zenith of our powers. Camaraderie is very important to me. I love my poet friends. They were my best friends. Truest. Bluest. I ever had.
Alison Winfield-Burns
My winged muses--a flock of feral birds--inspire me to write; and my number one muse is the boy I love. Sam Kashner.
Alison Winfield-Burns
I have on the back burner a Shakespearean-themed book of (spoiler).
Alison Winfield-Burns
Never. Give. Up.
Alison Winfield-Burns
The best thing about being a writer or a poet or both! is that I'm in the company of friends. All my friends are writers. And our conversations are fun.
Alison Winfield-Burns
I've never had writer's block. I'm a lava flow, impossible to quench.
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