The Life of a Female Poet in the 70s

You've written about how you walked into the Viscalka Cafe in October of 1975 and met the late New York poet Paul Violi, who invited you to a workshop at St. Mark's Church. What do you think your life would have been like if you hadn't met Paul? I mean, I so much wrote my novel in Fairnout to say what it was like to be a female coming into New York as a poet in the 70s,. You know, because every dude had some book you should read.