poetry mini interviews

How does a poem begin? It begins in what ifs, whys, hows. In a word nestled in the ear or the kaleidoscopic flicker of an image. In possibil...

Why is poetry important? What drew me to poetry was the value it placed in each individual word. Poetry reminds me that every tiny thing mat...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? When I started out, I thought it was all about mastery. We live in a culture that ...

How do you know when a poem is finished? I tend to think poems resemble us (or is it that we resemble poems?) in that they are never really ...

Born in South Korea and raised in Peru, Ae Hee Lee currently lives in the United States. She holds an MFA from the University of Notre Dame...