poetry mini interviews

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? Poetry requires a lot from its readers. For example, for me, at its best, poe...

How do you know when a poem is finished? My poems are never finished. That’s the beauty and the pain of the practice. Ever-questioning, ever...

When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author? I return to Anne Carson’s Autobiograph...

How does a poem begin? Chance? A hypothesis? Every poem I start is an experiment to find out if something meaningful to me will come of it. ...

Jennifer Hasegawa is a poet, photographer , and community archivist . Her manuscript for La Chica’s Field Guide to Banzai Living (Omnidawn...