In 20 16, i also interviewed the great eileen myles. Here are some excerpts from that interview. You moved to new york city in 19 74 to be a poet. And you said that all your life people have asked you what you do, and they just kind of look at you like you've said you're a stripper. A ha, ha, ha. Would be cooler they looked at you if you they thought you were a strippers. That was alison backdell, from an interview i did with her in 20 16.