Elaine Equi has been publishing her observant, often playful poetry for some 30 years, extending and deepening the range of her intrinsically wry voice.

"Elaine: Ugh, I hate people.

Elaine is just in pain. I think Elaine has become very very sad woman. She is someone who is in deep need of many hours of analysis and I like to think that I'm not that type of person.