The Questionnaire: Buzz Poole

March 26, 2012

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.