5 Questions for Dan Albergotti

1. In section I, II, and III you strickly incorporate a poem entitle "Song ...". Dialogically looking at the three 'Song' poems, one in each section of your collection, I find it interesting that they all have a different style. What's more, I also find it interesting that the poems resemble scriptures. Does this set of poems mirror, or have any relation with, a book of the Bible (i.e., Pslams or Song of Songs)?
2. I particularly find the opening poem of your book an interesting choice, because a vestibule generally acts as a passage hall or an entry way between the outer doors and the interior doors of the church. What was the reason for placing this specific poem at the beginning of your collection?
3. Notiably, in all three sections of your collection, each poem either centers around or plays off of biblical and/or religious overtones, using allegories, metaphors, irony, etc... Were most of these poems created consciously, or are their constructions partly coincidental in regards to theme?
4. Also, throughout your collection you address, in different pieces, biblical stories. However, I find you have taken those stories/references and either developed a new way of reading the story by way of creating a piece from another character's perspective which is not given in the original story (e.g., "The Age of Adam"), or you take the original story and create new circumstances with the material already given (e.g., "Things to Do in the Belly of the Whale"). How do these reflect your relationship with the christian religion/ doctrine? Is the relationship significant to the subjects of your writing and works as a whole? Or just this collection?
5. As of late, I am struggling with the course I want to take after I complete and reciece my undergraduate degree. I am having trouble with discerning between the path of an M.A. or an M.F.A, and whether or not I want to tackle getting a Ph.D. in English. I absolutely love everything about English, however, I am a bit cynical about the amount of years I would have subjegate and dedicate myself to for a Ph.D. in one specific area of expertise. I guess I don't want to be limitied to a field because I love them all. What are the benefits of having a Ph.D.? What can I do with just an M.A. or an M.F.A. in English/Creative Writing? Can I get both an M.A. and an M.F.A?