poetry mini interviews

What are you working on? Along with my scholarly research on embroidery and textiles, I’m currently working on a hybrid visual art/poetry ...

Why is poetry important? I asked my Brooklyn College composition students this question recently to test the waters, as our class was not ...

How important is music to your poetry? It’s vital. I learned to play the piano around the same time that I became interested in poetry, an...

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry? Holding space for creating is hard especially in a world that wants you to focus on ...

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? Poetry gives us a way to voice and visualize experiences in a limited space...

Madeleine Barnes is a poet, visual artist, and Doctoral Fellow in English Literature at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Her debut poetry colle...