poetry mini interviews

Title poem from my latest book of poems. Set in Stone A rosary that was my mother’s tucked in the glove compartment of his car and a copy of...

How does a poem begin? So many things come to mind when I think of how poems begin. Sometimes for me it’s a story, something that happened t...

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? Banana Bread (JD Scrimgeour), Battle of Sillicon Valley at Daybreak (Alex Peary), I...

How do you know when a poem is finished? It’s not a consistent process for me. I’m sure there were many times when I thought a poem was fini...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? I was in my late thirties, having bounced around a bit and decided to take some creati...

Kevin Carey is Coordinator of Creative Writing at Salem State University. He has published a chapbook of fiction from Red Bird Chapbooks, T...