poetry mini interviews

Why is poetry important?  Each strong poem creates a pocket universe you can travel to for a while. I can handle this world more resourcefu...

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? I’m writing about Samiya Bashir’s Field Theories , from 2017. Two new books that left...

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? Staying weird. It’s so easy to fall into familiar patterns, but the best poems are st...

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? I’m more willing to contemplate wrenching subject matter through poems than ...

Lesley Wheeler’s forthcoming books are the poetry collection The State She’s In ; her first novel, Unbecoming ; and a suite of hybrid ess...