poetry mini interviews

How does a poem begin? With a glitch. Most (maybe all?) of my poems begin with trying to think through something that resists comprehension,...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing ? Every poet I read changes the way I think about writing a little bit. But the most di...

Why is poetry important? It makes room for slowness. I think most of the forces we get exposed to on a minute-by-minute basis encourage (o...

How do you know when a poem is finished? I think I first began writing poetry in part because it doesn’t ever have to be finished. (I wanted...

Candice Wuehle is the author of BOUND (Inside the Castle Press, 2018) and the chapbooks VIBE CHECK (Garden-door Press, 2017), EARTH*AIR...