poetry mini interviews

Why is poetry important?  I find this question, or versions of it interesting (e.g. “Can Poetry Matter”). Americans definitely circle back...

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? A good poem is not necessarily a “popular” poem. I studied with Myung Mi Kim and she...

How does your work first enter the world? Do you have a social group or writers group that you work ideas and poems with? I’ve been fortun...

How do you know when a poem is finished? If the process begins to feel vapid, empty, in a way that’s not interesting or with promise, then...

Jennifer Firestone is the author of five books of poetry and four chapbooks including Story (UDP), Ten, (BlazeVOX [books]), Gates &...