Joseph Massey

That's absolutely right. Yeah. I was living in substandard conditions in a basement apartment and just starting to make it, working at UPenn part-time. And then the cancellation happened and it lost everything. And so it's been a steady process of rebuilding. But you're right, I've never stopped rebuilding. And that drive to write poetry has been with me since I was a child.

That's absolutely right. Yeah. I was living in substandard conditions in a basement apartment and just starting to make it, working at UPenn part-time. And then the cancellation happened and it lost everything. And so it's been a steady process of rebuilding. But you're right, I've never stopped rebuilding. And that drive to write poetry has been with me since I was a child.

That's absolutely right. Yeah. I was living in substandard conditions in a basement apartment and just starting to make it, working at UPenn part-time. And then the cancellation happened and it lost everything. And so it's been a steady process of rebuilding. But you're right, I've never stopped rebuilding. And that drive to write poetry has been with me since I was a child.

You know, it's always been a survival tool. It's always been something I use to process the world and make sense of the world around me. They can't take that from me. And any real artist isn't going to let a mob take that from them. So anyone who's being canceled, just keep doing what you're doing.

You know, it's always been a survival tool. It's always been something I use to process the world and make sense of the world around me. They can't take that from me. And any real artist isn't going to let a mob take that from them. So anyone who's being canceled, just keep doing what you're doing.

You know, it's always been a survival tool. It's always been something I use to process the world and make sense of the world around me. They can't take that from me. And any real artist isn't going to let a mob take that from them. So anyone who's being canceled, just keep doing what you're doing.

Oh, absolutely. Yeah. I mean, I, I live in an, in an amazing apartment that has heat and, uh, doesn't have mold on the walls. I have a great cat. I don't ask. Jarvis is great. I have a wonderful tuxedo cat who makes sure he makes sure I get to bed at a certain time and wakes me up at four in the morning. It's like living in a monastery or something. And, um, Yeah, I live in upstate New York now.

Oh, absolutely. Yeah. I mean, I, I live in an, in an amazing apartment that has heat and, uh, doesn't have mold on the walls. I have a great cat. I don't ask. Jarvis is great. I have a wonderful tuxedo cat who makes sure he makes sure I get to bed at a certain time and wakes me up at four in the morning. It's like living in a monastery or something. And, um, Yeah, I live in upstate New York now.

Oh, absolutely. Yeah. I mean, I, I live in an, in an amazing apartment that has heat and, uh, doesn't have mold on the walls. I have a great cat. I don't ask. Jarvis is great. I have a wonderful tuxedo cat who makes sure he makes sure I get to bed at a certain time and wakes me up at four in the morning. It's like living in a monastery or something. And, um, Yeah, I live in upstate New York now.

It's great. It's beautiful. The landscape is great. My poetry is paying for my groceries and paying my utilities and paying my rent. That's not a common situation for a poet, unless you're Maria Shriver.

It's great. It's beautiful. The landscape is great. My poetry is paying for my groceries and paying my utilities and paying my rent. That's not a common situation for a poet, unless you're Maria Shriver.

It's great. It's beautiful. The landscape is great. My poetry is paying for my groceries and paying my utilities and paying my rent. That's not a common situation for a poet, unless you're Maria Shriver.

Yeah, it's a contemplative thing. lifestyle i walk a lot and while i'm walking i'm thinking about poetry or i'm praying and prayer is a big part of my life and all of that is inextricably connected to my creative life to the poetry um i feel like most things i do are in service to the work um

Yeah, it's a contemplative thing. lifestyle i walk a lot and while i'm walking i'm thinking about poetry or i'm praying and prayer is a big part of my life and all of that is inextricably connected to my creative life to the poetry um i feel like most things i do are in service to the work um

Yeah, it's a contemplative thing. lifestyle i walk a lot and while i'm walking i'm thinking about poetry or i'm praying and prayer is a big part of my life and all of that is inextricably connected to my creative life to the poetry um i feel like most things i do are in service to the work um

Even when I'm on the couch watching White Lotus, for example, like I need to come down a little bit from all of it and kind of tune it out. But everything's in service to the work. And that's the way it should be.

Even when I'm on the couch watching White Lotus, for example, like I need to come down a little bit from all of it and kind of tune it out. But everything's in service to the work. And that's the way it should be.

Even when I'm on the couch watching White Lotus, for example, like I need to come down a little bit from all of it and kind of tune it out. But everything's in service to the work. And that's the way it should be.

You know, that's the way I've always lived, whether I was canceled or not canceled or standing at a wine and cheese party after a poetry reading and just wanting to run out the back door. It's always just been about the art for me.

You know, that's the way I've always lived, whether I was canceled or not canceled or standing at a wine and cheese party after a poetry reading and just wanting to run out the back door. It's always just been about the art for me.