News at Eleven: Wow. I wasn't thinking effeminate at all.

When I said mermaid, I think I meant the general category of that type of mythological creature, so that would include mermen. I'd be a mermaid in a second, love them. So not effeminate in the least--but maybe good nonfiction makes you into David Bowie. And the issue of mortality: nonfiction makes you mortal, yes, but one still has these amazing powers. In poetry, when your 41 seconds is up, you turn back into Slappy Pinochle, and he can't even swim, so pray you're not too far underwater.

from Bookslut: An Interview with Alex Lemon

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