poetry mini interviews

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? As I was writing this, Gwen Benaway’s second poetry collection, Passage , came in th...

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? An immediate and visceral connection with the reader. To me, poetry is li...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? Yes. Very much. I started out seeing poetry as an inward-looking act, a way for th...

How do you know when a poem is finished? I tend not to. I am an editor by trade and by instinct. Learning when to let a poem go is an ongo...

Anita Dolman’s poetry and fiction have appeared in journals and anthologies throughout North America, including Canadian Ginger , Hamilton...