Ask The Author: Kate Fujimoto

From the March archives, Two Poems from Kate Fujimoto.

1. What is the weirdest thing you’ve married?

All marriage, ever, is weird.

2. Where did these poems come from?

A black moth whispered them into my ear on a moonless night last October.

3. What does a village grin look like?

Like one of those towns with one bank and one hospital and one grocery store, and those three buildings right next to each other all on one side of the street, and maybe the bank looks like it could be robbed by someone from the hospital and then they could walk over to the grocery store and buy an apple and eat it on the steps of the bank – but smiling.

4. What haunts you? Who would you haunt?

I am haunted by sugarcane, and would haunt Abraham Lincoln, or maybe Bob Dylan.

5. What have you paid attention to lately?

Whether or not people put their napkins on their laps at restaurants and at what point during the meal they decide to do this.

6. Who are your influences?

Old Yeller.