THE DIAL: In the introduction of the poetry collection Alcatraz, you reflect on the limited Welsh, known as Cymraeg in that language, passed down from your family. I was unaware of how much — or how little — the Welsh language was a part of my life and inheritance. For that she had to be trilingual — English, Cymraeg, Spanish. Sound is essential to Cymraeg poetry. A great deal more so than ‘mainstream’ English or American, but I always place emphases on sound in my own writing, poetry or prose.