poetry mini interviews

Why is poetry important?  I’m not sure it is. But it can be beautiful, and what’s the point of everything important without depth and beau...

When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author? When I require renewal, I (re)watch ...

What poetry books have you been reading lately? Lately I’ve read these three amazing books: Hardly War by Don Mee Choi, Calamities by Ren...

How do you know when a poem is finished? I wish I could answer this question. I’ve tried to! I know that I resist writing poems that close...

How did you first engage with poetry? When I was a teenager, poetry, to me, meant Walt Whitman. There is a certain brain state when I read...

Jennifer Kronovet is the author of two poetry collections, most recently The Wug Test (Ecco). She is the editor of Circumference Books, a...