poetry mini interviews

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? The fact that for over a decade I’ve been cultivating skills that are very unlikely ...

How important is music to your poetry? You know, I’ve tried to play around with ‘musical-ness’ and sound in my poetry before, but it never...

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? Poetry is strictly inferior to every other medium in terms of cultivating f...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? I started writing poetry in high school, like 10 years ago, so there’s inevitabl...

Originally from Oxford, Ohio, Ava Hofmann is a writer currently living and working as an MFA student in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has p...