poetry mini interviews

Why is poetry important? I don’t know why it is important, but it’s important to me and to others who don’t need to know why it’s important...

How important is music to your poetry? I love this question. Music is very important to words in general I think, when they’re working well...

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? Poetry is a very flexible form, and that is exciting. It operates on both mi...

How did you first engage with poetry? I first was exposed to poetry when my parents read it to me. My dad is still a writer of poetry, alth...

Alice Burdick is the author of four full-length poetry collections, and a book of selected poems: Deportment: The Poetry of Alice Burdick...