O: After 9/11, you sought refuge in old newspaper comics. What were you finding in them that comforted or distracted you?

AS: Again, maybe it's because it was the language I grew up with. Essentially, I was able to find the things that other people were getting from poetry. I know poetry books spiked almost as much as religious books after September 11. When I couldn't take another moment of Internet or broadcast or radio news trying to figure out what the hell was going on, I had to have some kind of respite. The only things that would give it to me were comics.

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