poetry mini interviews

Why is poetry important?  Poetry presents new syntaxes with which to reimagine and reshape the world.

How important is music to your poetry? I’d say it’s very important. The cadences emit meaning of themselves and I try to be awake to what’...

What other poetry books have you been reading lately?  Whereas by Layli Long Soldier; Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar; New & Se...

What do you find most difficult about writing poetry?  Finding time to write. Having time to revisit half-finished poems that got interrup...

How does your work first enter the world? Do you have a social group or writers group that you work ideas and poems with?  I often get my ...

Melissa Eleftherion is a writer, librarian, and a visual artist. She grew up in Brooklyn, dropped out of high school, and went on to earn...