poetry mini interviews

Why is poetry important?   I believe poetry is important because a good poem allows a reader to briefly step into somebody else’s world, to ...

How did you first engage with poetry?  I first started writing poetry on the subway in New York City. I had an hour commute each way each da...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing?  I had a mentor named Dobbie Reese Norris who passed away about three years ago. I fir...

How does a poem begin?   I was recently reading Songwriters on Songwriting in which hundreds of songwriters speak to their process. I was s...

It's said in the Talmud that there are three ways to be a good Jew: study, prayer and acts of loving kindness– Alexander Shalom Joseph ...