poetry mini interviews

Why is poetry important?  Everything is important and poetry is part of everything so poetry is something important too, no more or less tha...

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? I am reading THE THREADBARE COAT by Thomas A. Clark and SWEET ON MY LIPS: The Love Po...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? Moscow Conceptualism and Charles Reznikoff.  When I was in college most of the poets w...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? Yes and no.  I have always wanted to be a vehicle for a poem – to get E.J. out of ...

How do you know when a poem is finished? I don’t always.  However, I remember a line that I believe poet Tracie Morris shared at a workshop ...

How did you first engage with poetry? One of the few poetry books in my house growing up was a copy of An Introduction to Haiku by William ...

E.J. McAdams is a poet and artist, exploring language and mark-making in the urban environment using procedures and improvisation with foun...