"Corners. It’s always been corners. Corners help me see angles. All of Where a Nickel Costs a Dime was written on the corners of 123rd Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem. After hanging out for a day, an evening, or breaking night, I would retreat to my Olympia electric typewriter that was usually sitting on my desk, in the corner of the bedroom where I looked out of the window as a kid, and would get to work on a poem…"
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On his preferred location for writing in “Rule-Breaking is a Conscious Decision: an Interview with Willie Perdomo” in The Common (2018 Nov 12)
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