poetry mini interviews

How does a poem begin? With attention.

Why is poetry important?  Poetry opens at the edge of further possibility because it’s raw materials is the whole of life. Big, unknowable...

How important is music to your poetry? Poetry is music-making language. The great pleasure of poetry is its world-expanding musicality. ...

When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author? Dionne Brand (all of her work).

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? The Blue Clerk by Dionne Brand Listen Before Transmit by Dani Couture Everyone Kno...

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? Perhaps what poetry does best is draw language out of mystery and vice-vers...

Writer, editor, educator, activist and critic, Canisia Lubrin has had work published and anthologized widely, including in Brick , Vallum...