5 POETS, 5 QUESTIONS
In honor of Proust’s birthday, I asked poets to answer five questions of their choosing from the Proust Questionnaire, and then I answered five myself.
Christopher DeWeese, author of The Black Forest:
•
Your favorite qualities in a man: Modesty. Also: the ability to wear shorts.
Your favorite qualities in a woman: A memorable laugh.
What you appreciate most in your friends: That they don’t dance often, but when they dance, they are amazing dancers.
Your main fault: Lack of context.
Your favorite occupation: Anything that makes me not know or care what time it is.
Lily Ladewig, author of The Silhouettes:
•
My favorite color: Hot pink.
The flower that I like: Casablanca lilies.
My favorite heroines in fiction: Jane Eyre, Anne Shirley, Weetzie Bat.
My favorite food and drink: Spaghetti bolognese, sheet cake, kir royale.
How I wish to die: Ready.
Alex Dimitrov, author of American Boys (and check out a list of questions Alex has for you):
•
The quality that I desire in a man: Emotional strength.
The quality that I desire in a woman: Emotional strength.
If not yourself, who would you be: Andy Warhol.
Your favorite poets: The fearless ones who don’t give a fuck.
What you appreciate the most in your friends: Passion, loyalty and ambition.
Allyson Paty, author of The Further Away:
•
Danniel Schoonebeek—that’s me.
•
The military event that I admire most: “He hit a dangerous stretch, and big shells started coming in, sending up geysers of debris and foul mud, and a terrible stink, what the soldiers called ‘mackabby,’ from the French macabre, deathlike.”
Replies
Likes
-
regardingproximity likes this
-
taimur reblogged this from dannielschoonebeek
-
kunibeard likes this
-
poeticflummery reblogged this from dannielschoonebeek
-
poeticflummery likes this
-
onlylivingboy likes this
-
partmutilationpartvictory likes this
-
axel-n-kh likes this
-
hipreadingseries likes this
-
dannielschoonebeek posted this
