Charlie Baylis : part one

Charlie Baylis is from Nottingham, England. He is the editor of Anthropocene. His poetry has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize and once for the Forward Prize. His most recent publication is Drag City (Broken Sleep Books). He spends his spare time completely adrift of reality.

How does your work first enter the world? Do you have a social group or writers group that you work ideas and poems with?

I usually send stuff to magazines. I’m not a particularly social person and tend to be quite guarded about my poetry, so I find the idea of a writers group scary. I do look for feedback if I’m writing something longer, but it’s not a huge list of people, and I don’t necessarily follow their advice.