poetry mini interviews

When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author? Li-Young Lee, particularly his poem “...

What other poetry books have you been reading lately?  I’m on a self-prescribed diet of “research-only” books, but fortunately most of them...

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t?  Poetry demands a trimming of the fat, and the ability to say critical thing...

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 never been ...

Jessica Mehta is a multi-award-winning poet and author of over one dozen books. She’s currently a poetry editor at Bending Genres Literar...