poetry mini interviews

When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author? I love Wislawa Szymborska. She makes ...

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? Sonnet's Shakespeare , by Sonnet L'Abbé. Bantam , by Jackie Kay. Love in the ...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? In chronological order, as I came across them: Derek Walcott, Marina Tsvetaeva, Anne ...

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? It requires an entirely different kind of concentration than prose, a kind of attenti...

Diana Fitzgerald Bryden is the author of two collections of poetry, Learning Russian (Mansfield Press) and Clinic Day (Brick Books). He...