poetry mini interviews

How did you first engage with poetry? I think I first started writing poetry because it was short and I got praised for it. Being “good” at ...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? I like this question because I think asking it of poets is a really interesting way to...

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? I just finished reading Jazz by Toni Morrison as part of this literary correspondence...

Why is poetry important? As a practice, it’s like writing proofs or doing algebra. You build something based on some half-heard scrap of som...

Katie Schmid’s first book, Nowhere , is out from the University of New Mexico Press. She has work forthcoming in The Nation and The South...