poetry mini interviews

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? I am very lucky in that I live in NYC surrounded by other poets, and most of my friend...

How does a poem begin? Some of my poems begin with images I get from dreams. I often wake up in the middle of the night and write some lines...

When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author? I often return to the work of David Sh...

How did you first engage with poetry? In elementary school, I remember being obsessed with Emily Dickinson’s “I’m Nobody, who are you?” And ...

Joanna Fuhrman is the author of six books of poetry, including To a New Era (Hanging Loose Press, 2021), The Year of Yellow Butterflies (H...