The Questionnaire: Buzz Poole
March 26, 2012
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F2013071363110504.jpg)
Did you know LARB is a reader-supported nonprofit?
LARB publishes daily without a paywall as part of our mission to make rigorous, incisive, and engaging writing on every aspect of literature, culture, and the arts freely accessible to the public. Help us continue this work with your tax-deductible donation today!
How do you get up in the morning?
By opening my eyes.
Best piece of advice you ever received?
Never use the word "transpire."
What's your favorite negative emotion?
Is there such a thing as a "negative emotion"?
Is your study neat, or, like John Muir's, is your desk and floor covered in "lateral, medial, and terminal moraines"?
Bits of paper - piled up, scattered about, awash with doodles - make me feel safe.
What character or story haunts you?
"A Father's Story" by Andre Dubus.